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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1229 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

1229 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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

JASPER...MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SINCE THURSDAY 

EVENING...RADAR ESTIMATES AND LOCAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 

BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...

ANDERSON...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...

DUQUESNE...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN AND GRANBY.



SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NEOSHO 

AND ANDERSON...WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS 

AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.



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 3650 9462 3736 9461 3734 9409 3729 9409

      3729 9406 3719 9406 3649 9408 3648 9457

TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 180DEG 0KT 3699 9427



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