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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

730 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



MOC097-119-145-091630-

JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

730 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



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

NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 727 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE JOPLIN AND NEOSHO AREAS OF 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. SINCE 530 AM...LOCALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL ACROSS NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN JASPER 

COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY AREAS ALONG SHOAL CREEK HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD...AND THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF 

BY 8 AM...THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY KEEP FLOODING ACROSS 

THESE AREAS THROUGH LATE MORNING. 



AS OF 730 AM...STREET FLOODING CONTINUES AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. 

ALSO THE CITY OF NEOSHO REPORTS STREET FLOODING ON BAXTER 

STREET...AND SPRING STREET. ALSO THE BIG SPRING PARK IS FLOODING. IN 

ADDITION...WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 86 BETWEEN RACINE AND 

REDING MILLS...ALONG WITH LOW LYING AREAS ON HIGHWAY NN NORTHWEST OF 

NEOSHO. 



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



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



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