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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

238 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-

238 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005



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

UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



AT 231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES 

AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF MCCUNE...WEST MINERAL...SCAMMON AND 

SKIDMORE SINCE THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



SINCE MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASE BUT REMAIN BETWEEN 

A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. A LOCAL RAINFALL REPORT IN 

NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY...ALONG LIGHTNING CREEK...SOUTH OF 

MCCUNE...INDICATED 2.46 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 10 PM. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN 

OKLAHOMA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SUNRISE. 



REMEMBER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3765 9462 3701 9463 3700 9504 3768 9507



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