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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1035 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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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-

1035 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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

MISSOURI OZARKS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



...SERIOUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED 

TODAY AND TONIGHT...



AT 1030 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND 

STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE 

CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. EXTREMELY SERIOUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 

SEE THE MODOT WEB SITE AT WWW.MODOT.ORG AND KSDOT AT WWW.KSDOT.ORG 

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STATE ROADS. 



RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY HIGH 

IMPACT FLOODING. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ASSESSING THEIR AREAS FOR 

POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS. 



WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 

LATE YESTERDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN COUNTIES ALONG THE 

INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITHIN A 

NARROWER CORRIDOR OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 FROM 

PINEVILLE NORTHEAST TO OZARK...HARTVILLE...AND EDGAR SPRINGS WHERE 

FIVE TO SIX INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED. OTHER AREAS IN 

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM THE WEST PLAINS TO EMINENCE AREAS HAVE 

ALSO RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. 



ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO 

SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM THE WEST PLAINS AREA 

SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO AREAS ALONG AND 

SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TODAY WHERE ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL EXPERIENCE A MAGNITUDE OF FLOODING NOT EXPERIENCED IN 

RECENT YEARS. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR DAYS AND ROAD 

DAMAGE IS LIKELY. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



MONITOR RELIABLE LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

CONCERNING POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS OF LOW LYING AREAS. 







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 1527Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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