Full Notification

FFWSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Barton County in southwestern Missouri... Jasper County in southwestern Missouri... Northern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 1102 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. 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... Joplin, Carthage, Lamar, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Webb City, Carl Junction, Galena, Oronogo, Granby, Carterville, Duquesne, Sarcoxie, Duenweg, Jasper, Diamond, Golden City, Liberal, Leawood, Silver Creek, Alba, Mulberry, Purcell, Mindenmines, Shoal Creek Drive, Arcadia, Saginaw, Treece, Loma Linda, Airport Drive, Lowell, Nashville, Carytown, Fidelity, Asbury, Neck City, Lamar Heights, Redings Mill, Wentworth and Avilla. This includes the following low water crossings... Dry Wood Creek at Highway K, East Fork Dry Wood Creek at NW 110th Lane, Dry Fork at Pine Road, Center Creek at Azalea Drive, Center Creek at Dogwood Road, Fidelity Branch at County Road 130 and Muddy Creek at Highway 126. This includes the following streams and drainages... McCarty Creek, Murphy Creek, Bucks Run Creek, Center Creek, Shoal Creek, Tar Creek, Town Creek, East Cow Creek, Little North Fork, Cave Spring Branch, Little Clear Creek, Glendale Fork, Cox Creek, Opossum Creek, Dry Valley Branch, Coon Creek, Fivemile Creek, Douthit Branch, Pond Creek, Willow Branch, Thurman Creek, Horse Creek, Shawnee Creek, Blackberry Creek, Fly Creek, Slater Branch, Little Shawnee Creek, Jenkins Creek, Kyle Creek, Cold Branch, Ring Branch, Little Fly Creek, North Fork Spring River, Buck Branch, Grove Creek, Big George Branch, Second Nicolson Creek, Cherry Creek, Little Coon Creek, Deer Creek, Fourmile Creek, Dicks Fork, West Elm Branch, Humphreys Branch, Bitter Creek, Fox Branch, White Oak Creek, Brush Creek, Dry Wood Creek, Baynham Branch, Spencer Branch, Neosho River, West Fork Spring River, Spring River, Joplin Creek, Pleasant Run Creek, Willow Creek, Lightning Creek, Short Creek, Chaney Branch, Hyder Branch, Motley Branch, Little Dry Wood Creek, Little Cherry Creek, Clear Creek, McKill Creek, Dorris Creek, Dry Fork, Dry Branch, East Fork Dry Wood Creek, Elm Branch, Painter Branch, Cedar Creek, Pettis Creek, Duval Creek, East Drywood Creek, Jones Creek, Cow Creek, Carver Branch and Stony Branch.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... BARTON, MO ... JASPER, MO ... NEWTON, MO

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood deaths occur in vehicles.