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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

723 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007



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HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

723 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR

OREGON AND HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 725 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN...INCLUDING POCKETS OF MODERATE RAIN...AFFECTING THE 

WARNED COUNTIES. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A QUARTER AND TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. 



AS OF 7 PM...THE WEST PLAINS AIRPORT HAD RECEIVED 1.51 INCHES OF 

RAIN...WHILE 2.20 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT BARDLEY IN EASTERN 

OREGON COUNTY.



SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM...THE OREGON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING 

OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 19 JUST SOUTH OF ALTON. 



AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH TO LOCALLY AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL 

ACROSS HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO LEAD TO INCREASED RUNOFF WHICH WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3650 9212 3705 9208 3704 9167 3687 9166

      3688 9116 3649 9115



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