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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

625 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008



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141-145-153-161-167-169-185-209-213-215-225-229-171600-

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LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-GREENE MO-WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-TEXAS MO-

STONE MO-POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-CEDAR MO-DALLAS MO-PULASKI 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-

625 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008



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

MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...



AT 622 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 ACROSS THE 

AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS 

MORNING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

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

AVA...BATTLEFIELD...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...BUFFALO...CAMDENTON...

CARTHAGE...CASSVILLE...ELDON...FORSYTH...FORT LEONARD 

WOOD...GREENFIELD...HERMITAGE AND HIGHLANDVILLE.



NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN FLOODED AND 

IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL AREA ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED IN 

LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR FLOODED STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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 3649 9461 3681 9463 3735 9418 3735 9409

      3747 9409 3822 9353 3851 9352 3854 9308

      3870 9305 3869 9284 3852 9274 3844 9263

      3843 9241 3834 9240 3830 9166 3817 9164

      3805 9152 3778 9182 3766 9182 3649 9269

TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 180DEG 0KT 3792 9295



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