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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1106 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT. * AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AND OR MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME AREAS IN THE WARNING AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH PREVIOUS STORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS AS STORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN FROM WEST TO EAST. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA... BAXTER SPRINGS...CARL JUNCTION...CARONA...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE... CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...FRONTENAC... GALENA...GOLDEN CITY...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LEAWOOD... MCCUNE...MINDENMINES...ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...SAGINAW... SARCOXIE...SCAMMON...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SILVER CREEK...TREECE... WEBB CITY...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN... HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA... HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS... ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION... ROUTE F...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:39:05 +0000

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