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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1217 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
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CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
1217 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1217 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS, GALENA, CHEROKEE, WEIR, SCAMMON, MCCUNE, WEST MINERAL,
LOWELL, SHERMAN, CHICOPEE, ROSELAND, SKIDMORE, STIPPVILLE, CARONA,
SHERWIN, NEUTRAL, CRESTLINE, HALLOWELL, LAWTON, RIVERTON AND
OPOLIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MANY FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3736 9462 3703 9462 3713 9507 3744 9508
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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