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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

342 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-

342 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT 

OVERALL RAINFALL RATES SINCE 2 AM HAVE DIMINISHED. SURFACE 

OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 1.50 TO 

LOCALLY TWO INCHES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF JASPER COUNTY SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE AROUND ONE TO 1.50 

INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.



ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...BUT THE MAJOR PROBLEM THIS MORNING WILL BE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL.  



TRIBUTARIES OF THE SPRING RIVER...ESPECIALLY COW CREEK...BLACKBERRY 

CREEK AND CENTER CREEK IN JASPER COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE RUNNING HIGH 

OR FLOODING THIS MORNING.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



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