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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1039 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007



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BARTON MO-

1039 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR

BARTON COUNTY...



AT 1034 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE CITY OF LAMAR HAS RECEIVED 4 AND A QUARTER INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IN THE LAST 4 HOURS. PORTIONS OF LAMAR ARE BEING EVACUATED 

DO TO FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. HALF THE TOWN WAS REPORTED 

TO BE WITHOUT POWER.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

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

VERDELLA AND LIBERAL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO 

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3767 9410 3735 9411 3739 9456 3764 9458



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