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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

241 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



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OREGON MO-

241 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



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

OREGON COUNTY...



AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN OREGON 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS..AFFECTING MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

OREGON COUNTY THROUGH 4 AM. OTHER STORMS MAY AFFECT THE WARNING AREA 

INTO THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS AS WELL. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED THE 

WARNING AREA EARLIER TONIGHT. OVER SIX INCHES AMOUNTS WERE INDICATED 

OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE MYRTLE 

AREA WHERE LOW WATER CROSSINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FLOODED. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS SUCH AS THESE CAN PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING. 



AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS 

LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE AN 

ALREADY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASVILLE

AND GREER.



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.



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.



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

      3688 9122 3688 9168



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