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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

652 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



MOC145-201415-

NEWTON MO-

652 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 649 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED IN NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY 

SINCE 2 AM WITH AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ESTIMATED BY LOCAL 

RADAR. SINCE 6 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SHIFT IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY WHERE LOCALLY ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF 

TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

NEWTON COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

NEOSHO...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF NEWTON COUNTY. 



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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