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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

937 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007



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LACLEDE MO-

937 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

LACLEDE COUNTY...



AT 931 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN LACLEDE COUNTY DUE TO 

FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SNOWBERRY DRIVE...GRINDSTONE 

DRIVE...PECAN DRIVE OFF OF HIGHWAY J...AND PACIFIC DRIVE NORTH OF 

HACKBERRY ROAD. WATER WAS ALSO PONDING ON ROADWAYS AT INTERSTATE 44 

AT MILE MARKER 127...AND ON STATE HIGHWAY 32 ONE MILE EAST OF 

LEBANON.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...LEBANON AND

CONWAY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3787 9240 3772 9240 3765 9225 3748 9226

      3749 9286 3790 9285 3788 9254



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