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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

635 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



MOC097-119-145-091630-

JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

635 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JASPER...MCDONALD AND

NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 633 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF NEOSHO AND JOPLIN AS OF 630 AM. 

SPECIFICALLY...STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AROUND JOPLIN...AND IN 

NEOSHO...BAXTER STREET AND THE BIG SPRING PARK HAD MINOR FLOODING. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN NEOSHO AND JOPLIN SINCE 530 AM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. 



THE HEAVIEST OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN JOPLIN NEAR THE TOWN 

OF LEAWOOD...AND IN THE COMMUNITY OF DIAMOND. SOME OF THE LOCAL 

CREEKS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING ARE...SHOAL 

CREEK...FIVEMILE CREEK...WARREN BRANCH...BAYNHAM BRANCH AND JONES 

CREEK. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 8 AM. MOST OF THE RAINFALL SHOULD END BY 8 AM...WITH RUNOFF 

OF THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUING THROUGH MID MORNING. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3722 9407 3650 9409 3649 9458 3723 9458



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