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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1229 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



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OREGON MO-

1229 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR

OREGON COUNTY...



AT 1227 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS ARE ALREADY FLOODED IN THE MYRTLE AREA. IN 

ADDITIONAL...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR OVER OREGON 

COUNTY. SINCE RAINFALL BEGAN FRIDAY EVENING...DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

NORTHERN OREGON COUNTY...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE ARKANSAS STATE 

LINE. 



WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT 

SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES. RAINFALL OF 

INCREDIBLE MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING 

OVERNIGHT...AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS OREGON COUNTY OVERNIGHT OR EARLY 

SATURDAY MORNING...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER A WATER OVER THE ROADWAY TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. DRIVING 

INTO WATER OVER A ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...IS PUTTING YOUR 

LIFE AT RISK



LAT...LON 3650 9169 3649 9113 3682 9113 3683 9123

      3688 9122 3688 9168



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