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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

830 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



MOC119-091340-

MCDONALD MO-

830 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY HAS

BEEN CANCELLED...



ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS MCDONALD COUNTY...AND 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN ONE INCH SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN 

EARLIER THIS MORNING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT 

IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.





LAT...LON 3722 9407 3676 9409 3676 9459 3723 9458



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MOC097-145-091630-

JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-

830 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 825 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF JOPLIN AND NEOSHO. 



SPECIFICALLY...HIGHWAY NN...NORTHWEST OF NEOSHO WAS FLOODED. 

ALSO...HIGHWAY 86 BETWEEN STARK CITY AND NEWTONIA WAS FLOODED. 

HIGHWAY M...EAST OF GRANBY WAS FLOODED. SPRING STREET IN NEOSHO WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING.  



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF FROM THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS STILL OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

LATE MORNING. 



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.



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 3722 9407 3676 9409 3676 9459 3723 9458



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