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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

335 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



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LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO-PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO-CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-

MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-

335 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

CAMDEN...CENTRAL PHELPS...DALLAS...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...

NORTHERN LACLEDE AND NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES...



AT 328 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED DUE 

TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RAINFALL 

TOTALS SINCE THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES 

AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF CAMDENTON...OSAGE BEACH AND IBERIA WITH 

LESSER AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 1.5 INCHES OVER THE REMAINDER 

OF THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



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. 



LAT...LON 3869 9284 3860 9284 3844 9263 3843 9241

      3834 9240 3834 9220 3829 9219 3830 9195

      3808 9163 3749 9312 3794 9307 3870 9306

TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 180DEG 0KT 3830 9253



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