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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1001 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

1001 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARTON...CHEROKEE...

CRAWFORD...JASPER...MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



AT 957 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT LOCALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL AROUND THE 

POWELL...ANDERSON AND GOODMAN AREAS OF MCDONALD COUNTY. 

ELSEWHERE...AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN ONE INCH LOCALLY. 



NO SPECIFIC REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE 

COUNTIES...BUT LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE PROBABLY BANK FULL AND 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE THESE STREAMS AND CREEKS 

TO FLOW OVER THEIR BANKS. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

TO FLOOD. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH NOON AS A SLOW MOVING SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI MOVES 

EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. 



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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 3764 9502 3702 9502 3703 9457 3652 9459

      3651 9410 3762 9412



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