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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

648 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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BARRY MO-

648 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 644 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY 

NEAR MONETT WHERE LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES FELL SINCE 2 AM. MINOR 

STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED AROUND MONETT...BUT NO ROADS WERE 

REPORTED CLOSED AS OF 630 AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE 

INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3692 9363 3682 9363 3682 9359 3650 9360

      3650 9408 3693 9407



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