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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

534 PM 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-

534 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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

BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CHRISTIAN...

CRAWFORD...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...

HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...

MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...

SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND

WRIGHT COUNTIES...



...SERIOUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL THIS 

EVENING AND TONIGHT...



AT 530 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 AND PROPERTY 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. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO AREAS SOUTH OF 

THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR IN FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  THIS HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING 

HOURS.  DUE TO THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE 

MONETT...CASSVILLE...NIXA...SPRINGFIELD...AND OZARK AREAS WILL 

CONTINUE RISING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...AVA...BIRCH TREE...CASSVILLE...EDGAR 

SPRINGS...HARTVILLE...MARSHFIELD...NEOSHO...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND 

WINONA. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY.



RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS FLOODING WITH MAJOR RIVER 

FLOODING FORECASTED AT EMINENCE ALONG THE JACKS FORK RIVER AND AT  

HAZELGREEN ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER. SOME RESIDENTS IN 

WINONA...ROGERSVILLE AND IN BETWEEN CRANE AND GALENA ALONG HIGHWAY 

413 IN STONE COUNTY HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. 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 5 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 

FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TONIGHT. 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. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED 

TO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 2234Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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