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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1146 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



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NEWTON MO-

1146 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST 

NEWTON COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY BETWEEN DIAMOND... 

RITCHEY...AND GRANBY.



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 3705 9409 3689 9407 3691 9441 3705 9439



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