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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1037 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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DADE MO-BARTON MO-POLK MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-

1037 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

CEDAR...EASTERN BARTON...NORTHERN DADE...NORTHWESTERN POLK...

SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND SOUTHWESTERN HICKORY

COUNTIES...



AT 1029 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH   

PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAD RECEIVED ONE TO TWO   

INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH...OR HIGHER THROUGH 1130 AM. A LOCAL 

OBSERVER AROUND THE JERICO SPRINGS AREA INDICATED THAT STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ARE BANK FULL AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THESE 

STREAMS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3757 9345 3734 9410 3735 9411 3735 9415

      3735 9416 3735 9423 3769 9422 3803 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 180DEG 0KT 3750 9399



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