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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

258 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI 

SINCE MIDNIGHT.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...MOUNT VERNON...MONETT...JOPLIN...

  BOLIVAR...PITTSBURG...WILLARD...WEBB CITY...WALNUT GROVE...VERONA

  AND STRAFFORD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3699 9462 3700 9489 3706 9495 3754 9502

      3759 9412 3757 9409 3757 9363 3762 9360

      3764 9296 3714 9294 3699 9348 3699 9361

      3694 9366 3676 9433 3676 9460



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