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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

418 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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JASPER MO-

418 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

JASPER COUNTY...



AT 414 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SUGGESTS THAT UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...MAINLY WITHIN 

RURAL AREAS NEAR SARCOXIE AND FIDELITY.  THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE 

JONES CREEK BASIN...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD.  HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE JONES CREEK BASIN...WHICH IS ONLY AGGREVATING 

SMALL STREAMS IN THIS AREA.  



MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO NOT CROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT 

ARE FLOODED.  FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS WEATHER 

HAZARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...

CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...JASPER...ORONOGO...PURCELL...

SARCOXIE AND WEBB CITY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3734 9409 3729 9409 3729 9406 3706 9407

      3706 9462 3736 9461



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