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WGUS73 KSGF 181813

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

110 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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097-105-109-119-125-131-141-145-149-153-161-167-169-185-203-209-213-

215-217-225-229-190000-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080319T0000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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-

100 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE 

MISSOURI OZARKS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



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

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...



AT 110 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT..AND STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLASH 

FLOODING...EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO 

CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. SEE 

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

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STATE ROADS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING          

INCLUDE...AVA...CASSVILLE...EDGAR SPRINGS...HARTVILLE...  

MARSHFIELD...NEOSHO...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND WINONA. FLASH FLOODING 

IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.



RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY HIGH 

IMPACT FLOODING. WINONA...ROGERSVILLE AND IN BETWEEN CRANE AND 

GALENA ALONG HIGHWAY 413 IN STONE COUNTY ARE EVACUATING AT THIS 

TIME. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ASSESSING OTHER AREAS FOR POSSIBLE 

EVACUATIONS. 



WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 

MONDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 

44 CORRIDOR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN IN A NARROW 

CORRIDOR JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 FROM PINEVILLE NORTHEAST TO 

OZARK...HARTVILLE...AND EDGAR SPRINGS WHERE FIVE TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS 

HAVE OCCURRED. OTHER AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM WEST 

PLAINS TO EMINENCE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 7 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE 

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. A MAGNITUDE OF FLOODING NOT EXPERIENCED IN 

RECENT YEARS IS LIKELY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. NUMEROUS ROADS 

WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR DAYS WITH ROAD DAMAGE LIKELY.



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.



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 1810Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 181813

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

110 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



KSC021-037-MOC009-011-015-029-039-043-057-059-065-067-077-085-091-

097-105-109-119-125-131-141-145-149-153-161-167-169-185-203-209-213-

215-217-225-229-190000-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080319T0000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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-

100 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE 

MISSOURI OZARKS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



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

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...



AT 110 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT..AND STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLASH 

FLOODING...EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO 

CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. SEE 

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

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STATE ROADS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING          

INCLUDE...AVA...CASSVILLE...EDGAR SPRINGS...HARTVILLE...  

MARSHFIELD...NEOSHO...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND WINONA. FLASH FLOODING 

IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.



RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY HIGH 

IMPACT FLOODING. WINONA...ROGERSVILLE AND IN BETWEEN CRANE AND 

GALENA ALONG HIGHWAY 413 IN STONE COUNTY ARE EVACUATING AT THIS 

TIME. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ASSESSING OTHER AREAS FOR POSSIBLE 

EVACUATIONS. 



WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 

MONDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 

44 CORRIDOR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN IN A NARROW 

CORRIDOR JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 FROM PINEVILLE NORTHEAST TO 

OZARK...HARTVILLE...AND EDGAR SPRINGS WHERE FIVE TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS 

HAVE OCCURRED. OTHER AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM WEST 

PLAINS TO EMINENCE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 7 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE 

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. A MAGNITUDE OF FLOODING NOT EXPERIENCED IN 

RECENT YEARS IS LIKELY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. NUMEROUS ROADS 

WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR DAYS WITH ROAD DAMAGE LIKELY.



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.



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 1810Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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