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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

828 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-

828 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

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...



AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE      

WARNED AREA. MAJOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER   

EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MODERATE  

TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE   

INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHILE LIGHTER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST   

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  



THIS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHICH   

IS FORECAST TO SHIFT OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THIS   

MAJOR FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO         

INCHES IS EXPECTED NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO AN   

ADDITIONAL FIVE INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING. IT IS LIKELY THAT ANY AREAS THAT HAVE EVER FLOODED IN THE 

PAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL BE FLOODED OVERNIGHT.  

MORE LOCALIZED BUT STILL DEADLY FLOODING WILL OCCUR NORTH OF 

INTERSTATE 44...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FLOOD PRONE AREAS FROM 

PITTSBURG KANSAS THROUGH BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CAMDENTON...AND ELDON 

AREAS.



THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES.  THIS IS AN 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN FLOODING IS DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE.  MOTORISTS 

SHOULD HAVE A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AS THEY 

APPROACH LOW AREAS THAT CAN FLOOD.  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.



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 0128Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9307



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