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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

453 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



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HOWELL MO-

453 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOWELL COUNTY UNTIL 830

PM CDT...



AT 451 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MOUNTAIN VIEW AND WEST PLAINS. 

SPECIFICALLY...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER OFFICIAL IN MOUNTAIN VIEW 

INDICATED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AROUND THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW. 

APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN MOUNTAIN VIEW AREA HAD 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND LOCAL 

AIRPORT. THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AS OF 445 PM STILL HAD 

APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS...AND THE EAST 

SIDE OF TOWN HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR FEET OVER THE ROADWAY. 



THE LOCAL OFFICIAL INDICATED THAT THE WORSE FLOODING HAS PAST...BUT 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. 



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



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 3705 9167 3681 9169 3682 9192 3705 9194



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