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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

750 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OVERNIGHT...



AT 750 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD AND

CHEROKEE COUNTIES.  RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF

HOURS...WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY.



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE

COUNTY.  RUNOFF FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUES TO PUSH OVER THE AREA.



THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR FLOODING THROUGH 1030 PM WILL BE IN WESTERN

CHEROKEE COUNTY...BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF FAULKNER AND SHERMAN.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



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