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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

927 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-

927 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

CHEROKEE AND JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE 

INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING IN A VERY SHORT TIME 

PERIOD. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE FORWARDED ON 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



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LAT...LON 3734 9508 3733 9462 3736 9461 3735 9416

      3735 9409 3729 9409 3729 9406 3705 9407

      3706 9462 3698 9462 3700 9508



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