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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



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LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-DALLAS MO-

CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-MCDONALD MO-

342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



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

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...POLK...

SOUTHEASTERN DADE...SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER

COUNTIES...



AT 338 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 SINCE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM LOCALLY ONE INCH ACROSS 

BARRY...MCDONALD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE CONCENTRATED ACROSS 

STONE...CHRISTIAN AND TANEY COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...RUNOFF

FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND THE SATURATED SOILS CONDITIONS 

FROM RECENT FLOODING...WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND A SIGNIFICANT 

RISE IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



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 3675 9462 3676 9406 3729 9406 3787 9311

      3750 9311 3749 9272 3705 9292 3682 9292

      3657 9277 3651 9278 3649 9462

TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 180DEG 0KT 3701 9343



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