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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

633 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007



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GREENE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-

633 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007



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

NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN AND GREENE COUNTIES...



AT 629 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS 

MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM AND 

PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. SINCE 430 

AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES FELL AROUND THE 

SPRINGFIELD AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. RAINFALL RATES WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE THIS MORNING AS THE 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. 



SOME OF THE LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA HAVE 

RISEN TWO TO FOUR FEET SINCE 5 AM. SOME OF THESE CREEKS HAVE LOW 

WATER BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE 

MORNING COMMUTE. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. 



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.



LAT...LON 3740 9308 3700 9309 3700 9360 3741 9359



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