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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

225 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



MOC119-145-311300-

NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

225 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN NEWTON AND 

MCDONALD COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVED RAINFALL 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR 

INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES...BUT GRADUALLY 

TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE NEOSHO...POWELL...AND BIG AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS 

IN SOUTHEAST MCDONALD COUNTY. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3705 9406 3650 9416 3650 9462 3706 9436



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