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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

716 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-

716 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR

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

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

VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 713 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE MISSOURI 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN 

CONCENTRATED OVER THE SHOAL CREEK AND SPRING RIVER BASINS WITH AN 

AVERAGE OF THREE INCHES BASIN WIDE. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TO 2.5 INCHES WHICH INCLUDES THE 

SAC...MARMATON...LITTLE OSAGE...OSAGE AND ELK RIVER BASINS. 



LATEST RADAR AS OF 715 AM INDICATED A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHICH 

WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF LATER THIS 

MORNING. 



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 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 1216Z 180DEG 0KT 3720 9374



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