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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1115 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006



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BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-

1115 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON AND VERNON

COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT MONDAY...



AT 1110 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN BOTH VERNON AND BOURBON COUNTIES. A LOCAL OBSERVATIONS 

FROM NEVADA REPORTED OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM. 

ADDITIONAL MEASURED REPORTS FROM AROUND NEVADA WERE 1.55 INCHES ON 

THE WEST SIDE OF NEVADA...ON THE MARMATON RIVER...AND 2.42 INCHES 

FROM A LOCAL SCHOOL RAIN GAUGE IN NEVADA. ANOTHER FLOODING REPORT 

WAS OBSERVED SOUTH OF DEVON IN EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY WHERE HIGHWAY 

7 WAS IMPASSABLE.      



LOCAL RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO 

BOTH COUNTIES WHICH WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN 

BEFORE 1230 AM. THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE FLOODING SINCE THE GROUND IS 

ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. 



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.



LAT...LON 3803 9409 3766 9411 3768 9507 3803 9506



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