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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

621 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008



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

OZARK MO-

621 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR

DENT...EASTERN DOUGLAS...EASTERN PHELPS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...

SHANNON AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...



AT 617 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY 

EVENING. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS ROADS NEAR FLOODED 

STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN FLOODED OR COVERED WITH WATER.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

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

MOUNTAIN VIEW...SALEM...THAYER...WEST PLAINS...WILLOW SPRINGS...

ALTON...BAKERSFIELD...BIRCH TREE...CABOOL...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...

LICKING...RAYMONDVILLE AND SUMMERSVILLE.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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 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 1221Z 180DEG 0KT 3738 9137



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