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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1043 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-VERNON MO-

1043 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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

BARTON...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...JASPER AND VERNON

COUNTIES...



AT 1041 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THAT HAVE PRODUCED 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST SINCE 7 

AM HAS OCCURRED NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF GIRARD AND PITTSBURG 

KANSAS...AS WELL AS LIBERAL AND LAMAR MISSOURI. HIGH RAINFALL RATES 

OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH NOON WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES LIKELY 

IN LOCALIZED AREAS. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE 

ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



LAT...LON 3803 9508 3803 9424 3806 9414 3804 9409

      3729 9409 3729 9406 3706 9406 3706 9462

      3702 9462 3699 9505

TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 180DEG 0KT 3749 9440



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