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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

935 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-DADE MO-BARTON MO-

POLK MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-BENTON MO-

NEWTON MO-

935 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR

BARTON...BENTON...BOURBON...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...HICKORY...

JASPER...NEWTON...NORTHWESTERN DADE...NORTHWESTERN POLK...ST. CLAIR

AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 928 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

BETWEEN ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS  

OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 8 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

ALONG A LINE FROM WALNUT KANSAS...NORTHEAST TO NEVADA...EL DORADO 

SPRINGS AND LOWRY CITY MISSOURI. ANOTHER AREA OF ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 

ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL FROM BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS...NORTHEAST TO 

JOPLIN...CARTHAGE AND GREENFIELD MISSOURI SINCE 8 AM. 

ELSEWHERE...AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH...HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLOODING. 



SOME SECONDARY STREETS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

KANSAS WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD AS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE 

REPORTING MINOR FLOODING AS OF 9 AM.   



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. 



LAT...LON 3802 9507 3804 9408 3822 9404 3822 9353

      3852 9351 3852 9314 3783 9319 3729 9406

      3678 9409 3676 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508

TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 180DEG 0KT 3768 9409



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