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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

540 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-

540 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT RAINFALL RATES WERE EXCEEDING 

THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM WEST MINERAL TO SHERMAN. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

MCCUNE AND WEST MINERAL.



A LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IN CHEROKEE COUNTY REPORTED 

ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH WATER IN SHERMAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.





LAT...LON 3748 9493 3732 9507 3715 9507 3734 9482

      3750 9478



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