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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

639 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007



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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-NEWTON MO-

639 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR 

NORTHWESTERN NEWTON...BARTON...JASPER AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CHEROKEE AND WESTERN BARTON COUNTIES 

SINCE 5 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OVER THE 

REST OF THE WARNED AREA.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

BAXTER SPRINGS...CARTHAGE...GALENA...JOPLIN...LAMAR...VERDELLA...

AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...

DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...GOLDEN CITY AND IRON GATES.



AT 545 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER UP TO HIGHWAY 160 IN 

BARTON COUNTY...THREE MILES WEST OF LAMAR HEIGHTS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3764 9409 3710 9409 3681 9461 3699 9460

      3704 9486 3733 9463 3764 9449



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