Flash flood warning for Jasper County until 5 a.m.

(From the National Weather Service)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 1233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN EXPANDING LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER
ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ASBURY...ATLAS...AVILLA...BAXTER SPRINGS...
  BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...
  CARYTOWN...COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE...DUDENVILLE...DUENWEG...
  DUQUESNE...FAULKNER...FIDELITY...GALENA...HALLOWELL...IRON GATES...
  JASPER...JOPLIN...LA RUSSELL...LAKESIDE...LOWELL...MAPLE GROVE...
  MELROSE...NECK CITY...NEUTRAL...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL...
  REEDS...RIVERTON...SARCOXIE...SHERWIN...TREECE...WACO AND WEBB
  CITY. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.