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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1010 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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NEWTON MO-

1010 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM

CDT...



AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES SO FAR THIS MORNING 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEWTON COUNTY.  FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON LOST 

AND BUFFALO CREEKS.



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...DIAMOND...GRANBY...LEAWOOD...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK

DRIVE...SILVER CREEK...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS 

ACRES...NEWTONIA...RACINE...REDINGS MILL...RITCHEY...SHOAL CREEK 

ESTATES AND STARK CITY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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