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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1149 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

1149 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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

MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL RATES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN AS ANOTHER BATCH OF 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR 

WILL BE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RATES THROUGH 1 PM. ALTHOUGH NO 

FLOODING AS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 1130 AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN WESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY BASED ON LOCAL 

OBSERVATIONS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. THE MOST FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE NEAR THE CREEKS AND 

STREAMS OF BEAVER BRANCH...DOG HOLLOW...INDIAN CREEK AND YARNELL 

CREEK. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



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

      3650 9408 3648 9443

TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 180DEG 0KT 3668 9440



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