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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1232 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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DADE MO-BARTON MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-

1232 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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

BARTON...CEDAR...DADE...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 1231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

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

EVENING...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH 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...EL

DORADO SPRINGS...GREENFIELD...LAMAR...NEVADA...STOCKTON...VERDELLA...

APPLETON CITY...EVERTON...GOLDEN CITY...LIBERAL...LOCKWOOD...LOWRY

CITY...MINDENMINES...OSCEOLA AND SCHELL CITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE 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 3806 9462 3806 9431 3804 9423 3806 9413

      3804 9408 3822 9405 3822 9353 3818 9351

      3792 9352 3791 9358 3783 9358 3782 9364

      3775 9364 3774 9362 3728 9363 3729 9408

      3735 9409 3736 9462

TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 180DEG 0KT 3784 9391



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