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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC109-172115-

LAWRENCE MO-

1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 1051 AM 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 MILLER AND 

I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 50.



RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED SINCE 7 AM...AND 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN AROUND MILLER...STOTTS CITY AND CHESAPEAKE. LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN 

THREE TO FOUR INCHES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY NOON...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 

FIVE INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAREFUL NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH WILL BE RUNNING 

HIGH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 



SPECIFIC LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING 

ARE STAHL CREEK...SYCAMORE BRANCH...TURNBACK CREEK...TRUITT 

CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK. 



REMEMBER...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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3694 9407 3696 9364 3729 9361 3727 9395



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 171605

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC109-172115-

LAWRENCE MO-

1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 1051 AM 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 MILLER AND 

I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 50.



RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED SINCE 7 AM...AND 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN AROUND MILLER...STOTTS CITY AND CHESAPEAKE. LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN 

THREE TO FOUR INCHES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY NOON...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 

FIVE INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAREFUL NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH WILL BE RUNNING 

HIGH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 



SPECIFIC LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING 

ARE STAHL CREEK...SYCAMORE BRANCH...TURNBACK CREEK...TRUITT 

CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK. 



REMEMBER...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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3694 9407 3696 9364 3729 9361 3727 9395



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