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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1242 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR CHEROKEE

COUNTY...



AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR FAULKNER TO GALENA.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WITH 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

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

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...GALENA...COLUMBUS...BAXTER SPRINGS...AND NEUTRAL.



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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 3733 9463 3701 9464 3700 9504 3733 9503



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