Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 12, 2004, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2004, 11:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bourbon County, KS

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 121033
FFWSGF
KSC011-121630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
528 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.

* AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER WESTERN     
  PORTIONS OF BOURBON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BRONSON. 

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE        
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. ADDTIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE    
  COUNTY PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 730         
  AM...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 


&&

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.

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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3801 9481 3770 9478 3770 9507 3802 9508

$$

DSA

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 121234
FFSSGF
KSC011-121630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
727 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR BOURBON
COUNTY...

AT 700 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME 
SECONDARY ROADS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF BOURBON COUNTY WERE 
FLOODED. 

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE EXITED THE 
WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT OVER THE 
EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY EXCEEDS 4 INCHES. EXCESSIVE 
RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND SOME 
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.  

&&

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 3801 9506 3772 9507 3772 9489 3802 9487

$$

DSA

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 121643
FFSSGF
KSC011-121745-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. 

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.


$$

FOSTER

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