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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

640 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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SHANNON MO-WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-PHELPS MO-DENT MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

640 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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

DENT...HOWELL...OREGON...SHANNON...SOUTHERN PHELPS...TEXAS AND WRIGHT

COUNTIES...



AT 638 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...

HOUSTON...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...SALEM...THAYER...WEST

PLAINS...WILLOW SPRINGS...ALTON...BIRCH TREE...CABOOL...EMINENCE...

HARTVILLE...LICKING...MANSFIELD AND NORWOOD.



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 3708 9122 3649 9113 3649 9212 3705 9209

      3707 9268 3727 9269 3748 9253 3748 9226

      3761 9225 3761 9184 3780 9183 3779 9132

      3771 9131 3770 9117 3759 9116 3759 9131

      3751 9131 3750 9121 3721 9113 3713 9101

TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 180DEG 0KT 3736 9168



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