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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 270334

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1031 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



MOC145-270900-

NEWTON MO-

1031 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAGINAW...

LEAWOOD...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 10...SILVER CREEK...GRANBY AND 

DIAMOND.



AS OF 1030 PM...LOCAL DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 

ONE INCH OF RAINFALL AROUND RACINE...SENECA AND BETWEEN JOPLIN AND 

RACINE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEWTON 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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 3676 9455 3676 9415 3705 9412 3705 9453



$$



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 270334

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1031 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



MOC145-270900-

NEWTON MO-

1031 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAGINAW...

LEAWOOD...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 10...SILVER CREEK...GRANBY AND 

DIAMOND.



AS OF 1030 PM...LOCAL DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 

ONE INCH OF RAINFALL AROUND RACINE...SENECA AND BETWEEN JOPLIN AND 

RACINE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEWTON 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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 3676 9455 3676 9415 3705 9412 3705 9453



$$



JLT

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