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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

426 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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NEWTON MO-

426 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



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

CDT...



AT 422 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS AROUND THE NEOSHO AREA REMAIN FLOODED AND CLOSED. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF IS NOT 

COMPLETE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED EARLIER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST NEWTON 

COUNTY HAD BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH 

LOCALLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES AROUND RACINE. 



REMEMBER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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



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



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