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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

455 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

455 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS LINGERED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ON THE BIG AND LITTLE 

SUGAR CREEKS IN SOUTHEAST MCDONALD COUNTY. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE WATER HAD RECEDED IN NEOSHO 

AND CONDITIONS HAD IMPROVED.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN



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 3705 9406 3650 9416 3650 9462 3706 9436



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