⚠️ Flash Flood Warning – Cherokee, KS; Crawford, KS; Barton, MO; Jasper, MO; Newton, MO – Friday, June 26, 2026

Flash Flood Warning issued June 26 at 2:38AM CDT until June 26 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Springfield MO

Details

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.

Instructions

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.