Flash flood warning issued for Jasper, Newton counties

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 105 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JOPLIN...                         CARTHAGE...
  WEBB CITY...                      CARL JUNCTION...
  BAXTER SPRINGS...                 COLUMBUS...
  GALENA...                         ORONOGO...
  CARTERVILLE...                    DUQUESNE...
  DUENWEG...                        LOMA LINDA...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...                  LEAWOOD...
  LOWELL...                         SILVER CREEK...
  ALBA...                           SCAMMON...
  PURCELL...                        SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS...
ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION...
ROUTE O AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ALBA...
AND SCHIFFERDECKER ROAD AT TURKEY CREEK IN JOPLIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.