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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

851 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008



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LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-

MCDONALD MO-

851 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR

BARRY...GREENE...MCDONALD...NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHWESTERN

STONE...SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...



AT 847 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 6 

PM...WITH LOCALLY TWO TO THREE INCHES. IN ADDITION...WILSON CREEK IN 

SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A RAPID RISE OF FIVE FEET SINCE 8 PM. THIS 

WILL CAUSE LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF 

SPRINGFIELD TO FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP IN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. 



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.



LAT...LON 3650 9458 3664 9456 3700 9406 3742 9326

      3741 9320 3709 9323 3650 9381

TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 180DEG 0KT 3694 9381



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