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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1147 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



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SHANNON MO-TEXAS MO-PHELPS MO-DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

OZARK MO-

1147 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



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

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SUNDAY. 



AT 1145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

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





LAT...LON 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113

      3649 9268 3764 9183 3782 9178 3806 9153

      3780 9153 3779 9132 3771 9131 3769 9116

      3758 9119 3759 9131 3751 9131 3750 9121

      3742 9122 3742 9118 3721 9113 3712 9101

TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 180DEG 0KT 3738 9137



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