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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1131 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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CHEROKEE KS-

1131 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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

CDT...



AT 1115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES 

ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF CHEROKEE COUNTY THIS MORNING. SOME 

STREAMS AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER INCLUDE LIGHTNING CREEK...DEER 

CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...AND FLY CREEK.  



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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