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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

435 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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LAWRENCE MO-

435 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 433 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD ACROSS WESTERN AND 

SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY THIS MORNING.  SLOW MOVING HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...WITH MORE SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NEWTON COUNTY...AND IS EXPECTED TO 

MOVE OVER AREAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM MONETT TO LA RUSSELL.  

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN THE CENTER CREEK BASIN WILL BECOME 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS MORNING.



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...

AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...MILLER...PIERCE CITY AND

VERONA.



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 3727 9362 3692 9363 3693 9406 3728 9405



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