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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1037 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

1037 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1032 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THAT HAVE 

PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. 

SINCE 7 AM...AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN WESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY 

HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH AN OBSERVATION NEAR TIFF 

CITY OF 1.58 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO 

ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON THROUGH NOON...WITH LOCALIZED 

HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL AMOUNTS THROUGH NOON WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO 

THREE INCHES...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR.



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.  



LAT...LON 3649 9461 3650 9462 3706 9462 3705 9407

      3650 9408 3648 9443

TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 180DEG 0KT 3668 9440



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