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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1108 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-GREENE MO-

WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-TEXAS MO-BARTON MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-

LACLEDE MO-CEDAR MO-DALLAS MO-PULASKI MO-VERNON MO-HICKORY MO-

PHELPS MO-ST. CLAIR MO-CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-BENTON MO-

MORGAN MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-

OZARK MO-MCDONALD MO-

1108 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR MUCH 

OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS... 



...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY...



AT 11 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. MODERATE TO 

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND IN OTHER POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.



ALTHOUGH EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL SUBSIDE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...MANY 

COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED INTO 

SUNDAY. THEREFORE AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 

4 PM SUNDAY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3869 9284 3852 9274 3843 9241 3834 9240

      3830 9166 3805 9152 3778 9182 3766 9182

      3649 9269 3649 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508

      3757 9509 3803 9446 3804 9408 3822 9405

      3822 9353 3851 9352 3854 9308 3870 9305

TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 180DEG 0KT 3793 9325



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