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WGUS73 KSGF 270330

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



KSC021-270445-

CHEROKEE KS-

1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 1019 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST 

MINERAL...WEIR...SCAMMON...COLUMBUS AND BAXTER SPRINGS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



AS OF 1015 PM...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT NORTHWEST 50TH AND BETHLEHEM...SOUTHWEST 

60TH AND BETHLEHEM...AND SOUTHWEST BLACKJACK...BETWEEN 20TH AND 30TH 

WERE UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE. THESE LOCATIONS ARE MAINLY ACROSS 

SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. 



IN ADDITION...LOCALLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED NEAR 

MELROSE...AND AFFECTING THE FOUR MILE CREEK AREA. ALSO BRUSH CREEK 

AND LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NEAR SCAMMON HAS RECEIVED NEARLY TWO INCHES 

OF RAINFALL SINCE 8 PM. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3700 9507 3700 9471 3733 9463 3731 9494



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 270330

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



KSC021-270445-

CHEROKEE KS-

1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 1019 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST 

MINERAL...WEIR...SCAMMON...COLUMBUS AND BAXTER SPRINGS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



AS OF 1015 PM...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT NORTHWEST 50TH AND BETHLEHEM...SOUTHWEST 

60TH AND BETHLEHEM...AND SOUTHWEST BLACKJACK...BETWEEN 20TH AND 30TH 

WERE UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE. THESE LOCATIONS ARE MAINLY ACROSS 

SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. 



IN ADDITION...LOCALLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED NEAR 

MELROSE...AND AFFECTING THE FOUR MILE CREEK AREA. ALSO BRUSH CREEK 

AND LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NEAR SCAMMON HAS RECEIVED NEARLY TWO INCHES 

OF RAINFALL SINCE 8 PM. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3700 9507 3700 9471 3733 9463 3731 9494



$$



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