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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

541 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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CHEROKEE KS-

541 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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

CDT...



AT 536 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF 

CHEROKEE COUNTY. LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 7 WAS FLOODED 

BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND SCAMMON. SOME AREAS HAD NEARLY A FOOT OF WATER 

FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. ALSO...HIGHWAY 102 BETWEEN SCAMMON AND 

WEST MINERAL WAS FLOODING.  



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF IS NOT 

COMPLETE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. 



REMEMBER...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



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



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