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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

210 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



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NEWTON MO-

210 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 630

AM CDT...



AT 154 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

THE PAST HOUR IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NEOSHO TO STELLA.



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...NEOSHO...GRANBY...NEWTONIA...STARK CITY...AND STELLA.



THE NEOSHO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A 

SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CITY OF NEOSHO. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN  

FLOODED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEOSHO INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED 

TO...HIGHWAY 86 NEAR WOOD STREET. A RESCUE HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE 

AS A CAR WAS OVERTAKEN BY FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THIS WILL ADD 

TO THIS ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION.



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 3705 9407 3675 9408 3676 9462 3706 9462



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