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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1006 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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CHEROKEE KS-

1006 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM

CDT...



AT 1002 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES 

SO FAR THIS MORNING.  IN ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...GALENA...SCAMMON...WEIR...WEST

MINERAL...CRESTLINE...FAULKNER...HALLOWELL...LAWTON...LOWELL...

MELROSE...NEUTRAL...RIVERTON...ROSELAND...SHERWIN...SKIDMORE AND 

STIPPVILLE.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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