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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1209 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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

1209 PM 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 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT COMPLETE AND AREA 

STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 

1030 AM AND NOON WERE AROUND ONE HALF INCH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

THE HEAVIEST OCCURRED NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ARCOLA AND FAIR PLAY. 



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 1709Z 180DEG 0KT 3750 9399



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