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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

717 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT.



* AT 712 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY RAINFALL OVER BOURBON 

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL HAS BEEN TWO INCHES OVER THE      

  NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. LAW ENFORCEMENT    

  HAS ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL     

  STREAMS IN THE COUNTY.



* 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...FORT SCOTT...FULTON...REDFIELD...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...

  HAMMOND...HARDING...MAPLETON...MARMATON...PETERSBURG AND XENIA.



ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 9 

AM.



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 3803 9465 3802 9506 3772 9503 3772 9464



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