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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

247 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

247 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES

UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 242 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

AROUND THE ANDERSON AREA IN MCDONALD COUNTY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS 

INDICATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED SINCE 2 AM...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



ALTHOUGH ALL SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE BANK FULL OR FLOODING...BE 

ESPECIALLY AWARE OF INDIAN AND LOST CREEK WHICH HAD THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN...

GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NOEL...PINEVILLE...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK

DRIVE...SILVER CREEK...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES...NEWTONIA...

POWELL...RACINE...REDINGS MILL AND RITCHEY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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JLT

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