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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

706 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

706 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR

EASTERN NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES...



AT 700 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUED ON SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN CENTRAL 

MCDONALD COUNTY. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT RISES HAD BEEN OBSERVED 

ON LITTLE SUGAR CREEK. 



RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BUT RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE 

PINEVILLE AND POWELL AREAS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LITTLE 

AND BIG SUGAR CREEKS AND INDIAN CREEK. 



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 3649 9458 3649 9461 3675 9462 3689 9438

      3702 9425 3704 9407 3649 9409 3648 9457

TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 180DEG 0KT 3671 9440



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