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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

226 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



MOC091-231400-

HOWELL MO-

226 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



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

HOWELL COUNTY...



WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO 

HOWELL COUNTY AFTER 4 AM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OR 

TWO OF RAINFALL. 



THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TONIGHT PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL. LOW WATER CROSSING WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO 

FLOODING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE

CHURCH...SILOAM SPRINGS AND POMONA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3650 9215 3650 9170 3686 9168 3687 9195

      3694 9196 3693 9209



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