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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

418 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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CHEROKEE KS-

418 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM

CDT...



AT 417 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROADS HAD REPORTS OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM ACROSS NORTH 

CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY. ONE AREA NEAR ROSELAND...EAST OF WEST 

MINERAL ALONG HIGHWAY 102 REPORTED SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER 

THE ROAD.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN BETWEEN WEST MINERAL...SKIDMORE AND WEIR SINCE 1 AM. 

ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE. 



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

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3732 9464 3702 9464 3701 9505 3732 9505



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