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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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BARRY MO-

430 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR BARRY

COUNTY...



AT 429 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

SLOW MOVING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO IMPACT MAINLY NORTHERN 

SECTIONS OF BARRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MONETT.  WEATHER 

SERVICE RADAR SUGGESTS THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED OVERNIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA...AND 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS 

IMMINENT.  



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...

CASSVILLE...MONETT...EXETER...PURDY...SELIGMAN...WASHBURN AND

WHEATON.



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 3692 9363 3682 9363 3682 9359 3650 9360

      3650 9408 3693 9407



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