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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

950 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006



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MCDONALD MO-

950 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL

200 AM CDT...



AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS

OF MCDONALD COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FOUR TO FIVE INCHES FELL

OVER AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF PINEVILLE...OR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71

CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY.  THESE RAINFALL VALUES ARE 

CONDUCIVE TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING FOR THIS AREA.  THIS HAS

LIKELY UNFOLDED INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE NIGHT TIME 

HOURS ARE UPON THE AREA.  FLOODED OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BECOME

DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TO SEE...AND SHOULD NOT BE CROSSED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3675 9427 3649 9415 3650 9461 3669 9462

      3675 9449



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