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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

220 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



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SHANNON MO-OREGON MO-

220 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR

OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES...



AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED 

IN EASTERN OREGON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



BOATERS FLOATING AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN EXPECT RAPID AND 

SIGNIFICANT RISES INCLUDING THE ELEVEN POINT AND JACKS FORK RIVERS. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3739 9118 3650 9119 3650 9167 3740 9163



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