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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

743 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



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POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO-

743 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTIES...



AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH TOTAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES SINCE 630 AM. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL OCCURRED NORTH OF BUFFALO AND ACROSS THE BENNETT SPRINGS 

STATE PARK AREA WITH LOCALLY 2.5 INCHES SINCE 630 AM. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNED 

AREA...ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH TO LOCALLY ONE INCH WILL LIKELY OCCUR 

FROM BUFFALO...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LONG LANE...CONWAY AND MORGAN 

THROUGH 9 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR.



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 3773 9264 3749 9242 3748 9273 3749 9286

      3771 9342 3781 9330 3780 9320 3789 9319

TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 180DEG 0KT 3768 9297



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