026 
WGUS73 KSGF 252221
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
521 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

KSC021-MOC097-119-145-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
521 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA.  RAINFALL RATES WERE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND 
SHOULD COME TO AN END DURING THE EVENING.  DESPITE THE RAIN ENDING 
THIS EVENING...RUNOFF FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE 
OVERNIGH HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

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.

THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS STILL REPORTING MANY CLOSED 
ROADWAYS DUE TO HIGH WATER THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.

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.

&&

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

$$

LINDENBERG