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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

214 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-

214 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND JASPER

COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



AT 212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 11 PM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF IS NOT 

COMPLETE AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 

IT TAPERS OFF BEFORE SUNRISE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL NEAR THE TRIBURATIES OF THE SPRING RIVER 

OVERNIGHT WHICH ARE LIKELY BANK FULL.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...JOPLIN...PITTSBURG...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARCADIA...

ARMA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...

COLUMBUS...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...IRON

GATES...JASPER...MCCUNE AND MULBERRY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



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JLT

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