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WGUS73 KSGF 251329
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
829 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
CHEROKEE...JASPER...MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 815 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED 
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN 
CHEROKEE AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL FALL ON TOP 
OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN RECENT DAYS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 
WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. 
MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. STREAMS 
WILL RISE RAPIDLY. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

REMEMBER TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9463 3699 9463 3700 9508 3734 9508
      3734 9462 3737 9459 3735 9408 3719 9405
      3649 9408

$$

FOSTER