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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

319 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



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SHANNON MO-

319 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHANNON COUNTY UNTIL 745

PM CDT...



AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES FELL 

BETWEEN SUMMERSVILLE...PINE CREST...BIRCH TREE AND ALLEY SPRING 

SINCE 1230 PM. SPECIFICALLY...THE HEADWATERS OF THE JACKS 

FORK...INCLUDING LEATHERWOOD CREEK AND BAY CREEK RECEIVED THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL. LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT SOME OF THE 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE JACKS FORK RIVER WERE RISING WHICH MAY LEAD TO 

LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS WESTERN SHANNON 

COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED 

ACROSS TEXAS COUNTY WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 4 PM...AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE 

INCH OF RAINFALL. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BIRCH TREE...EMINENCE...ALLEY 

SPRING...PINE CREST. AND WEST EMINENCE.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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 3740 9132 3690 9134 3690 9168 3740 9164



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