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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

636 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



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CEDAR MO-ST. CLAIR MO-

636 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR ST.

CLAIR AND CEDAR COUNTIES...



AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS INCLUDING CEDAR CREEK 

IN NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. 



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 3819 9354 3760 9366 3763 9405 3819 9401



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