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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1228 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006



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BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-

1228 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...



AT 1224 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN BOTH VERNON AND BOURBON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED AROUND NEVADA...WITH SOME HIGHWAYS 

IMPASSABLE. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND MEASURED RAIN GAUGES IN THE CITY 

OF NEVADA INDICATED FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM 

SUNDAY. LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVER LEVELS HAVE RISEN...AND WILL LIKELY 

RISE SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

INCLUDING CEDAR...MILL...DRY WOOD AND CIMARRON WILL LIKELY BE RISING 

TO BANK FULL OVERNIGHT. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER EXPECT 

LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL THROUGH 2 AM WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL.



REMEMBER TO 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



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



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