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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

607 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



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CHEROKEE KS-

607 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL

1045 AM CDT...



AT 604 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF FAULKNER. LOCAL COUNTY 

ROADS AROUND THE FAULKNER AREA ARE FLOODED AND BECOMING IMPASSABLE 

AS OF 6 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEAR TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY BETWEEN CHETOPA AND BAXTER 

SPRINGS SINCE 430 AM. 



SOME OF THE LOCAL CREEKS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE 

FLOODING ARE...FLY CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...WILLOW CREEK AND TAR 

CREEK. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN CHEROKEE 

COUNTY...ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY 

BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF AFTER 8 AM. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3732 9463 3701 9464 3700 9506 3733 9506



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