629 WGUS53 KSGF 251123 FFWSGF KSC021-MOC097-119-145-251900- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0020.110425T1123Z-110425T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 623 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT MONDAY. * AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SPREADING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN CHEROKEE AND JASPER COUNTIES WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES IN MCDONALD COUNTY IN RECENT DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING WILL WORSEN DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * 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. MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. RAPID RISES WILL OCCUR ON AREA STREAMS...AND MAY SURPASS LEVELS ALREADY REACHED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON... NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN... BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO... HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA... HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES FLASH FLOOD AND AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. 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. && LAT...LON 3650 9463 3699 9463 3700 9508 3734 9508 3734 9462 3737 9459 3735 9408 3719 9405 3649 9408 $$ FOSTER