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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

629 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-

629 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 627 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 ACCUMULATIONS HAVE 

EXCEEDED FIVE INCHES SINCE 5 AM FROM SHERMAN TO HALLOWELL IN WESTERN 

CHEROKEE COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 730 AM.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...MCCUNE...SCAMMON AND WEST MINERAL.



A LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER 

TO A DEPTH OF 8 INCHES ACROSS 110TH STREET BETWEEN HALLOWELL AND 

SHERMAN. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. 



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 3747 9496 3732 9507 3707 9505 3717 9479

      3750 9478



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