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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



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HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

1255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

OREGON AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 1255 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 142 NEAR LANTON. THE MISSOURI 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BE CLOSING THIS ROAD NEAR LANTON 

DUE TO THE HIGH WATER. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 

BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...THE ACCUMULATIVE 

AFFECT OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT HAS CAUSED FLOODING TO OCCUR. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH 6 

PM...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ALONG HIGHWAY 142 AND 

NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

MISSOURI.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

PLAINS...THAYER AND ALTON



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3650 9213 3649 9112 3684 9115 3682 9210



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