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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1147 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC109-172115-

LAWRENCE MO-

1147 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



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

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 1144 AM CDT...A LOCAL OBSERVER NEAR MILLER IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE 

COUNTY REPORTED 5.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM. 



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

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN AROUND MILLER...STOTTS CITY AND CHESAPEAKE. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH SIX TO SEVEN 

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. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3694 9407 3696 9364 3729 9361 3727 9395



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 171651

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1147 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC109-172115-

LAWRENCE MO-

1147 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



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

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 1144 AM CDT...A LOCAL OBSERVER NEAR MILLER IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE 

COUNTY REPORTED 5.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM. 



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

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN AROUND MILLER...STOTTS CITY AND CHESAPEAKE. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH SIX TO SEVEN 

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. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3694 9407 3696 9364 3729 9361 3727 9395



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