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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

137 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC077-172230-

GREENE MO-

137 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 135 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG THE 36TH HUNDRED BLOCK OF KEARNEY STREET IN NORTHEAST 

SPRINGFIELD. 



IN ADDITION...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS FROM LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

INDICATED THAT WILSON CREEK HAS RISEN SIX FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS 

ACROSS WESTERN SPRINGFIELD SINCE NOON. SPECIFICALLY...AN OBSERVATION 

ALONG WILSON CREEK AT SCENIC AND SUNSHINE REPORTED A READING OF 9 

FEET AS OF 1 PM. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG WILSON CREEK ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD DURING THE 

AFTERNOON. 



ALSO...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM ACROSS GREENE COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...NO COUNTY 

ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS OF 130 PM. A LOCAL OBSERVATION IN 

NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY INDICATED A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 2.76 INCHES.  



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. 



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3710 9362 3711 9315 3741 9311 3741 9352



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 171844

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

137 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



MOC077-172230-

GREENE MO-

137 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 135 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG THE 36TH HUNDRED BLOCK OF KEARNEY STREET IN NORTHEAST 

SPRINGFIELD. 



IN ADDITION...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS FROM LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

INDICATED THAT WILSON CREEK HAS RISEN SIX FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS 

ACROSS WESTERN SPRINGFIELD SINCE NOON. SPECIFICALLY...AN OBSERVATION 

ALONG WILSON CREEK AT SCENIC AND SUNSHINE REPORTED A READING OF 9 

FEET AS OF 1 PM. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG WILSON CREEK ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD DURING THE 

AFTERNOON. 



ALSO...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM ACROSS GREENE COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...NO COUNTY 

ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS OF 130 PM. A LOCAL OBSERVATION IN 

NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY INDICATED A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 2.76 INCHES.  



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. 



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3710 9362 3711 9315 3741 9311 3741 9352



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