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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

632 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-

632 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN JASPER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...



AT 612 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM AVILLA TO MILLER. A 

VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER IN MILLER REPORTED AN ACCUMULATION OF 

7.25 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

CARTHAGE...MOUNT VERNON...ALBA...CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...

MILLER...PURCELL AND SARCOXIE.



AT 530 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 96 NEAR AVILLA WAS UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM.



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.



LAT...LON 3729 9394 3727 9363 3700 9365 3700 9406

      3705 9407 3707 9446 3727 9444



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