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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1246 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008



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

MCDONALD MO-

1246 AM CST TUE JAN 8 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 1244 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS BARRY COUNTY ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED. 

HIGHWAY 125 NORTH OF STRAFFORD IN GREENE COUNTY IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...AURORA...

BATTLEFIELD...CASSVILLE...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...PINEVILLE...

REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...ANDERSON...BILLINGS...CLEVER...CRANE...

EXETER AND FAIRVIEW.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 0646Z 180DEG 0KT 3694 9381



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