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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1224 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



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CHEROKEE KS-

1224 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE MID EVENING SUNDAY. 



AS OF MIDNIGHT...AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION REPORTED 1.51 INCHES 

OF RAIN SO FAR THIS EVENING IN COLUMBUS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 

INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH SEVERAL LOW WATER 

CROSSING FLOODED AT THIS TIME.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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