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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

830 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-SHANNON 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-DENT MO-

BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-NEWTON MO-HOWELL MO-

BARRY MO-OREGON MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-MCDONALD MO-

819 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR MUCH 

OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TODAY...



...HIGH IMPACT AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH 

EARLY WEDNESDAY...



RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AND COOPERATIVE AND VOLUNTEER WEATHER 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT A WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT CONTINUES TO 

UNFOLD OVER THE AREA. A WIDESPREAD SWATH OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE LATE YESTERDAY...WITH THE WIDESPREAD 

HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO 

ELDON MISSOURI. AN AREA OF 5 TO 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ALONG AND JUST 

SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ANOTHER SMALLER 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED FROM THE GAINESVILLE AND WEST PLAINS 

AREAS NORTHEAST TO EMINENCE. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST 

INTO THE AREA FROM OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. THE PRESENT FORECAST IS 

FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 44 TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY 

RAINFALL GRADUALLY SHIFTING SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI 

LATER TODAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING. MANY AREAS THAT DO NOT NORMALLY FLOOD WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING TODAY. NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE 

CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION...MODOT...AND LOCAL MEDIA HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSINGS AND A FEW WATER RESCUES OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE MODOT 

WEB SITE AT WWW.MODOT.ORG WILL HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR STATE 

HIGHWAYS IN MISSOURI. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WWW.KSDOT.ORG WILL HAVE HIGHWAY INFORMATION FOR KANSAS STATE 

HIGHWAYS. 



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. TURN AROUND AND DONT 

DROWN. FIND AN ALTERNATE SAFE ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION. 



LAT...LON 3708 9122 3650 9114 3649 9461 3700 9461

      3700 9507 3767 9509 3768 9462 3806 9462

      3804 9408 3822 9405 3822 9353 3851 9352

      3854 9308 3870 9306 3834 9240 3830 9166

      3780 9153 3769 9116 3751 9131 3714 9102

TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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