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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

157 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



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HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

157 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



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

OREGON AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 155 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STILL REPORTED 

HIGHWAY 142 WEST OF LANTON CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER THE 

ROADWAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE COUNTY ROADS BETWEEN WEST PLAINS 

AND LANTON NEAR STATE HIGHWAY JJ...WERE FLOODED...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

MYATT CREEK. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE QUARTER 

TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 

NOON. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS NOT REPORTED.   



LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LAST NIGHT INCLUDE...3.08 

INCHES AT WEST PLAINS...3.31 INCHES AT ISABELLA...3.22 INCHES AT 

DORA...2.87 INCHES AT WASOLA AND 3.07 INCHES AT BRADLEY IN EASTERN 

OREGON COUNTY.



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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