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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

908 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



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CHEROKEE KS-

908 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 850 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT CREEKS AND 

STREAMS WERE RISING IN CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY. HOWEVER WATER LEVELS 

WERE NO LONGER RISING ON COUNTY ROADS. 



PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS THAT ARE LIKELY STILL UNDER 

WATER INCLUDE...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 69 AND 103...HIGHWAY 

K-7 NORTH OF COLUMBUS...LAWTON ROAD AND NORTHWEST 40TH NORTH OF THE 

TOWN OF LAWTON...CLEMS ROAD EAST OF HIGHWAY 69 AND ALONG TRIBUTARIES 

OF BRUSH CREEK.



RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO  

CAUSE FLOODING IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BAXTER 

SPRINGS...CARONA...COLUMBUS...GALENA...WEIR...SCAMMON AND WEST 

MINERAL.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3732 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507 3733 9507



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