FFWSGF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT MONDAY.

* AT 436 AM 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 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. 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, NEOSHO, BAXTER SPRINGS, COLUMBUS, WEBB CITY, CARL JUNCTION, GALENA, ORONOGO, SENECA, GRANBY, CARTERVILLE, DUQUESNE, SARCOXIE, DUENWEG, JASPER, DIAMOND, LEAWOOD, SILVER CREEK, ALBA, PURCELL, FAIRVIEW, SHOAL CREEK DRIVE, SAGINAW, TREECE, LOMA LINDA, AIRPORT DRIVE, LOWELL, CARYTOWN, FIDELITY, ASBURY, NEWTONIA, NECK CITY, STELLA, REDINGS MILL, WENTWORTH, STARK CITY, AVILLA, GRAND FALLS PLAZA AND LA RUSSELL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH AT MCCORD STREET, HICKORY CREEK AT COLER RD, BUFFALO CREEK AT FINCH DRIVE, NORTH INDIAN CREEK AT ORCHID DRIVE, DRY FORK AT PINE ROAD, CENTER CREEK AT AZALEA DRIVE AND FIDELITY BRANCH AT COUNTY ROAD 130.