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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

431 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



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LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-DADE MO-BARTON MO-

431 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN BARTON...SOUTHERN DADE...JASPER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...



AT 426 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE READINGS ESTIMATE THAT BETWEEN TWO AND 

FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA DURING 

THE PAST THREE HOURS.



THIS HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING. IN JASPER 

COUNTY...HIGHWAY 96 IS IMPASSABLE TO CARS JUST EAST OF 

AVILLA...NUMEROUS ROADS IN CARTHAGE ARE UNDER WATER OR IMPASSABLE 

INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRVIEW AND LAUREL...COUNTY ROAD 140 

AND NUTMEG...HIGHWAY 71 AND CIVIL WAR...AND COUNTY ROAD 150 AND 

LOCUST. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 97 ONE MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 

IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...AND SEVERAL STREETS IN MOUNT VERNON ARE 

FLOODED. IN BARTON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 126 WEST OF GOLDEN CITY IS 

CLOSED...WALNUT AND HIGHWAY 160 IN GOLDEN CITY IS UNDER SEVERAL FEET 

OF WATER...AND HIGHWAY 126 AND 70TH STREET IS CLOSED. IN DADE 

COUNTY...N HIGHWAY TWO AND ONE HALF MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IS 

CLOSED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROADS. NUMEROUS OTHER 

ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL BE WATER COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE INUNDATED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...MOUNT VERNON...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL

JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...EVERTON...GOLDEN

CITY...JASPER...LOCKWOOD...MARIONVILLE AND MILLER.



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.



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.



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 3741 9362 3697 9364 3708 9462 3740 9462



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