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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

940 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006



MOC209-260700-

STONE MO-

940 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STONE COUNTY UNTIL 200

AM CDT...



AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER WESTERN STONE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE...GALENA...INDIAN POINT...REEDS

SPRING...CAPE FAIR...ELSEY...LAMPE...PONCE DE LEON AND SILVER DOLLAR

CITY.



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.



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



LAT...LON 3692 9335 3651 9333 3651 9359 3670 9358

      3682 9357 3683 9361 3692 9361



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