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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

901 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007



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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-

901 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR

JASPER AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



AT 858 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SPECIFICALLY...NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG COW 

CREEK...SHAWNEE CREEK...FLY CREEK AND CHERRY CREEK IN CHEROKEE 

COUNTY WERE IMPASSABLE DUE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE FRIDAY 

AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 

SATURATED GROUNDS IN COLUMBUS KANSAS AND JOPLIN MISSOURI BETWEEN 5 

AND 8 AM...THAT CAUSED FLASH FLOODING. REPORTS OF SEVERAL INCHES OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER STREETS IN JOPLIN AREA OCCURRED AROUND 6 AM THIS 

MORNING. 



ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED THIS MORNING...RUNOFF IS NOT 

COMPLETE AND WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING TODAY. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

 

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 9463 3735 9461 3735 9436 3734 9410

      3729 9410 3728 9407 3705 9408 3706 9462

      3701 9464 3701 9506 3733 9507



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