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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

719 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007



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POLK MO-

719 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY...



AT 717 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PLEASANT HOPE.



FLOOD WAS REPORTED TO BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY OF PLEASANT 

HOPE WITH 2 FEET OF WATER OVER MOST OF THE ROADWAYS IN THE CITY.

215 AND H HIGHWAY WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED WITH 2 FEET OF WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAY. HIGHWAY H 4 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT HOPE WAS 

REPORTED FLOODED WITH 3 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.



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.



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 3757 9318 3742 9318 3742 9334 3757 9333



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