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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

611 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



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SHANNON MO-OREGON MO-

611 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES...



AT 606 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL JUST EAST OF WINONA. 

SEVERAL ROADS EAST OF WINONA REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO THE WATER FLOWING 

OVER THE ROADWAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY H EAST OF WINONA WHERE THE 

SYCAMORE CREEK WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...THAYER...

ALTON...BIRCH TREE...EMINENCE AND WINONA.



WHILE NO RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IN MOST OF THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...A 

FEW SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO REDEVELOP OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF 

OREGON COUNTY AND MAY ADD TO THE RUNOFF FLOODING PROBLEM THIS 

EVENING.



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.



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 3679 9166 3687 9162 3688 9166 3741 9165

      3741 9119 3720 9114 3716 9105 3713 9104

      3709 9107 3707 9123 3683 9124 3681 9112

      3650 9115 3651 9167



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