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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

722 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR BARTON 

COUNTY...AND UNTIL 900 PM FOR NORTHERN CEDAR...EASTERN ST. 

CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTIES...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE AND 

CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WESTERN 

MISSOURI. WATER PREVIOUSLY COVERING ROADWAYS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS 

RECEDED. HOWEVER...RISING WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER 

BARTON...VERNON...CEDAR AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADWAYS STILL UNDER WATER 

IN MINDENMINES...WESTERN BARTON COUNTY...AND ON HIGHWAY B IN 

SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST 

CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING...AND MAY LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TERRY

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