Flash Flood Warning Monday, Jul 29, 6:38 PM to 1:00 AM Central ID#: 292338 NWS Ofice: KSGF Counties: Bourbon County, KS WGUS53 KSGF 292338 FFWSGF KSC011-300600- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0053.130729T2338Z-130730T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 638 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY. * AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS MORE STORMS MORE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 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... HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON. 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. LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9462 3786 9462 3784 9508
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:54:49 +0000