Flash Flood Warning until 02:30PM
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Western Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 230 PM CDT Friday.
* At 829 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen in the past 4 hours. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Baxter Springs... Columbus... Galena... Girard... Cherokee... Weir... Lowell... Sherman... Scammon... Mccune... Walnut... West Mineral... Treece... Hepler... Roseland... Neutral... Melrose... Beulah... Riverton... Carona...
* AFFECTED AREAS: CRAWFORD, KS ... CHEROKEE, KS
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Crawford County KS
131 E Prairie St
Girard, KS 66743
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-724-7156
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP CRAWFORD followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning