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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

940 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007



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POLK MO-CEDAR MO-

940 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL CEDAR AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHEAST 

POLK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN FROM NEAR STOCKTON TO BETWEEN DUNNEGAN AND GOODSON SINCE 8 

PM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THE 

STOCKTON...DUNNEGAN...AND GOODSON AREAS.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON WARD STREET IN STOCKTON. 



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 3779 9320 3763 9318 3761 9402 3784 9403

TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9361



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