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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1234 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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LAWRENCE MO-BARRY MO-

1234 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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

AND LAWRENCE 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 

ONE INCH 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...

AURORA...CASSVILLE...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...EXETER...MARIONVILLE...

MILLER...PIERCE CITY...PURDY...SELIGMAN...VERONA...WASHBURN AND 

WHEATON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH 

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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3650 9408 3729 9405 3728 9362 3683 9363

      3682 9359 3649 9360

TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 180DEG 0KT 3687 9376



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