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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

323 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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NEWTON MO-

323 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM

CDT...



AT 317 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS AROUND THE NEOSHO AREA CLOSED AS OF 3 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.50 TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM 

NORTHWEST NEWTON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF GALENA...SOUTHEAST THROUGH 

RACINE AND NEOSHO. A LOCAL RAINFALL REPORT ALONG SHOAL CREEK NEAR 

REDINGS MILL HAD 1.75 INCHES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM...WITH A TOTAL OF 

2.70 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3704 9411 3677 9408 3677 9463 3702 9460



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