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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1117 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-

1117 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 1111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN GIRARD...EL 

DORADO SPRINGS...NEVADA AND WALNUT SINCE 8 AM. STREAMS AND CREEKS 

DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL ARE PAWNEE CREEK...DRY WOOD 

CREEK...LIGHTNING CREEK...WALNUT CREEK AND HICKORY CREEK. THESE 

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE FLOWING OVER THEIR BANKS AND 

CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



ANOTHER AREA OF ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM 

BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS...NORTHEAST TO JOPLIN...CARTHAGE AND DADEVILLE 

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. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 1617Z 180DEG 0KT 3768 9409



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