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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

728 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007



MOC015-141-221700-

BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-

728 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR MORGAN

AND BENTON COUNTIES...



AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

APPROACHING TWO TO THREE INCHES NEAR 

VERSAILLES...STOVER...CROCKERVILLE AND NORTH OF BARNETT SINCE 5 AM. 



THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED SINCE 6 AM...HOWEVER MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 AM WHICH WILL LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. SOME OF THE STREAMS AND 

CREEKS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STRAIGHT 

CREEK AND JONES CREEK. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

VERSAILLES...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...LAURIE...LINCOLN AND STOVER.



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 3857 9274 3826 9258 3804 9350 3841 9343



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