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WGUS73 KSGF 101018

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

511 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-GREENE MO-

DADE MO-BARTON MO-STONE MO-VERNON MO-CHRISTIAN MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-

TANEY MO-MCDONALD MO-

511 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

BARRY...BARTON...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CHRISTIAN...CRAWFORD...DADE...

GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE...TANEY AND

VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 506 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. A LARGE AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT WITH 

LOCALIZED AREAS OF THREE INCHES NEAR JOPLIN AND MOUNT VERNON. 



RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE AND THREE TENTHS PER 

HOUR SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY ONE HALF INCH AMOUNTS. A LARGE 

AREA OF INCREASING RAINFALL RATES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AND HIGHER RAINFALL RATES WILL LEAD TO MORE RAPID RUNOFF. 

DUE TO THE OVERALL INCREASE IN RAINFALL RATES THIS MORNING...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED AT 6 AM. 



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.



LAT...LON 3649 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508 3803 9508

      3804 9408 3757 9408 3757 9363 3742 9363

      3741 9307 3707 9307 3708 9291 3682 9292

      3680 9277 3650 9278

TIME...MOT...LOC 1011Z 180DEG 0KT 3720 9374



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