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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

723 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



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167-169-185-203-215-225-229-101700-

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SHANNON MO-GREENE MO-WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-TEXAS MO-POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-

CEDAR MO-DALLAS MO-PULASKI MO-HICKORY MO-PHELPS MO-ST. CLAIR MO-

CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-DENT MO-BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-

HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-

723 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



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

BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...HICKORY...

HOWELL...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...NORTHERN GREENE...

OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...

TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...



AT 718 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE MISSOURI 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS TO CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD 

WATERS. RAINFALL TOTALS OVERNIGHT HAVE RANGED FROM LOCALLY TWO TO 

THREE INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65...TO 

ONE TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. 



A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH 

PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WHICH 

WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3868 9283 3834 9240 3829 9166 3780 9153

      3769 9116 3751 9131 3715 9102 3708 9122

      3649 9113 3649 9278 3681 9278 3740 9311

      3740 9363 3758 9363 3759 9408 3821 9406

      3822 9353 3851 9352 3854 9308 3870 9305

TIME...MOT...LOC 1223Z 180DEG 0KT 3772 9258



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