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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

531 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOURBON COUNTY SINCE 3 AM...ON TOP OF THE 

ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED SINCE SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON. 



* 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...NEVADA...FORT SCOTT...WALKER...UNIONTOWN...REDFIELD...

  FULTON...STOTESBURY...RICHARDS...MOUNDVILLE...MONTEVALLO...MILO AND

  METZ.



THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 7 AND 31 IN BOURBON COUNTY IS IN THE 

PROCESS OF BEING BARRICADED.  WHILE NO OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED...LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES 

WILL LIKELY FLOOD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

THROUGH 8 AM ADDING TO THE RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS. THIS RUNOFF 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3805 9413 3769 9411 3770 9498 3805 9501



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