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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

444 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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NEWTON MO-

444 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 438 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS IMPACTED AREAS OF NEWTON COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY RURAL SECTIONS NEAR DIAMOND AND ALONG THE 

JONES CREEK BASIN.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SUGGESTS THAT UP TO FIVE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL OVER THIS AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

IMPACT THIS AREA...AND WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADS.  



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...

NEOSHO...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...LEAWOOD...SAGINAW...SHOAL

CREEK DRIVE AND SILVER CREEK.



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 3704 9407 3675 9408 3677 9462 3706 9462



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