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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

636 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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STONE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-

636 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...OZARK...STONE AND TANEY COUNTIES...



AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

AREAS OF RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE 

HALF INCH AND TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN DURING 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... 

ONLY AGGRAVATING FLOODING CONDITIONS.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

AVA...BRANSON...CASSVILLE...FORSYTH...HIGHLANDVILLE...KIMBERLING

CITY...NIXA...OZARK...BAKERSFIELD...BILLINGS...CLEVER...CRANE...

EXETER...GAINESVILLE AND GALENA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3692 9382 3692 9362 3710 9361 3705 9209

      3649 9213 3649 9408

TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 180DEG 0KT 3683 9322



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