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WGUS73 KSGF 031943

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

243 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005



MOC109-145-040030-

LAWRENCE MO-NEWTON MO-

243 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND 

NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...



AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST 

NEWTON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR...AND THIS IS FALLING ON TOP OF THE 2 INCHES THAT ALREADY FELL. 

LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WENTWORTH HAVE LIKELY PICKED 

UP THREE AND A HALF TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 230 PM. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING OR IMMINENT OVER NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY WITH ROADS LIKELY 

BECOMING IMPASSABLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER HIGHWAYS 

JJ...J...AND HIGHWAY W. 



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LEAD TO VERY RAPID RISES 

ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WHICH COULD WASH AWAY ROADWAYS OR 

BRIDGES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3706 9398 3695 9390 3690 9409 3696 9421

      3705 9418



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 031943

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

243 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005



MOC109-145-040030-

LAWRENCE MO-NEWTON MO-

243 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND 

NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...



AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST 

NEWTON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR...AND THIS IS FALLING ON TOP OF THE 2 INCHES THAT ALREADY FELL. 

LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WENTWORTH HAVE LIKELY PICKED 

UP THREE AND A HALF TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 230 PM. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING OR IMMINENT OVER NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY WITH ROADS LIKELY 

BECOMING IMPASSABLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER HIGHWAYS 

JJ...J...AND HIGHWAY W. 



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LEAD TO VERY RAPID RISES 

ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WHICH COULD WASH AWAY ROADWAYS OR 

BRIDGES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3706 9398 3695 9390 3690 9409 3696 9421

      3705 9418



$$



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