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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

609 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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JASPER MO-

609 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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

JASPER COUNTY...



AT 605 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. A COUNTY ROAD NORTH OF REED IN SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY WAS 

REPORTED IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. THIS ROAD IS IN 

AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 AM. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF FAR SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY AROUND 

THE COMMUNITIES OF REED AND SARCOXIE. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH...TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORM MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



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

      3706 9462 3736 9461



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