Flash Flood Warning

FFWSGF

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Crawford County in southeastern Kansas... Southwestern Barton County in southwestern Missouri... Western Jasper County in southwestern Missouri... Northwestern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 900 AM CDT Friday.

* At 238 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

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, Pittsburg, Carthage, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Girard, Webb City, Carl Junction, Frontenac, Galena, Oronogo, Carterville, Duquesne, Arma, Duenweg, Cherokee, Weir, Leawood, Silver Creek, Alba, Scammon, Purcell, Mccune, Mindenmines, Shoal Creek Drive, Saginaw, Walnut, West Mineral, Treece, Loma Linda, Airport Drive, Lowell, Sherman, Chicopee, Nashville, Franklin, Carytown, Fidelity, Asbury and Neck City.

Lightning Creek at McCune is in minor flood stage and rising.

This includes the following low water crossings... Center Creek at Dogwood Road and Fidelity Branch at County Road 130.