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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

707 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007



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LAWRENCE MO-STONE MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-

707 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007



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

MCDONALD...BARRY...NEWTON...STONE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...



AT 702 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

CITY OF NEOSHO HAS CLOSED THE TYPICAL ROADS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 

TOWN DUE TO FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON 

HIGHWAY 71 SOUTH OF PINEVILLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. LOCAL 

OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 

ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 8 AM WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 

NEOSHO...MONETT...CASSVILLE AND PINEVILLE. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECTED 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR.



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 3703 9462 3648 9461 3650 9332 3698 9335

      3698 9361 3716 9362 3716 9405 3705 9407



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