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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

438 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007



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MORGAN MO-

438 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

MORGAN COUNTY...



AT 435 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVING 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

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

STOVER.



THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 IS UNDERWATER AND CLOSED. T 

HIGHWAY IN VERSAILLES...A BLACK TOP ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. C 

HIGHWAY 2 MILES EAST OF VERSAILLES...RAPIDLY RISING WATER WAS 

REPORTED AND THE ROAD WAS ABOUT TO GO UNDER WATER.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3861 9286 3846 9266 3823 9271 3820 9308

      3846 9305 3869 9289



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