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WGUS73 KSGF 251612
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1112 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011
KSC021-MOC097-119-145-251900-
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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
1112 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 1108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2
INCHES IN MCDONALD AND NEWTON 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 RAINFALL ARE FORECAST FOR THE REGION 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9463 3699 9463 3700 9508 3734 9508
3734 9462 3737 9459 3735 9408 3719 9405
3649 9408
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