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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1126 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR JASPER AND 

CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM...



AT 1120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

STORMS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO 

THREE AND A HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY 

...ACROSS THE JOPLIN AREA...AND INTO NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS  

AND ROADS WERE FLOODED INCLUDING AT HIGHWAY 69A AND FLICKER ROAD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



LAT...LON 3730 9505 3704 9506 3701 9463 3681 9458

          3680 9412 3730 9411



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