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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

709 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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LAWRENCE MO-

709 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



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

LAWRENCE COUNTY...



AT 704 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL SINCE 2 AM HAD OCCURRED IN SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE 

COUNTY WHERE LOCALLY THREE TO FIVE INCHES FELL BASED ON RADAR 

ESTIMATES. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY INDICATED AT LEAST 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED 

THIS MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3727 9362 3692 9363 3693 9406 3728 9405



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