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URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

715 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...

CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CST...



AT 705 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. THIS AREA 

OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND BAXTER SPRINGS AND COLUMBUS 

AREAS SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 

REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS AROUND 645 PM. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 9 

PM. RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BAXTER 

SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...GALENA...WEIR...SCAMMON AND WEST MINERAL.



CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT MAY WORSEN AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN TEXAS 

AND OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. IF 

RAINFALL RATES INCREASE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THIS ADVISORY 

MAY BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. THEREFORE STAY TUNED TO 

LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3700 9505 3699 9463 3734 9462 3734 9503



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