

000 

WGUS73 KSGF 312138

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

424 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



KSC011-021-037-MOC011-015-039-057-085-097-145-167-185-217-010100-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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-

424 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

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

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

AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 418 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND EARLY 

AFTERNOON HAD CAUSED CREEKS...STREAMS AND AREA RIVERS TO RISE 

SIGNIFICANTLY...WITH SOME RIVERS RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE EARLY 

EVENING HOURS. 



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 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 2124Z 180DEG 0KT 3768 9409



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 312138

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

424 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



KSC011-021-037-MOC011-015-039-057-085-097-145-167-185-217-010100-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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-

424 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

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

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

AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 418 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND EARLY 

AFTERNOON HAD CAUSED CREEKS...STREAMS AND AREA RIVERS TO RISE 

SIGNIFICANTLY...WITH SOME RIVERS RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE EARLY 

EVENING HOURS. 



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 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 2124Z 180DEG 0KT 3768 9409



$$



JLT

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