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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

258 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

258 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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

MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SEVERAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 7 AM THIS 

MORNING. THIS HAS LED TO RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES NEAR 

ANDERSON...TIFF CITY AND NOEL MISSOURI. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE AVERAGED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED 

AREA SINCE 7 AM. 



SEVERAL WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY 

SATURATED SOILS AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE TENTHS OF AN 

INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR IN THUNDERSTORMS FOR 

THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 



UNTIL THE MAIN WEATHER SYSTEM ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA MOVES EAST OF 

THE REGION...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. 



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 3649 9461 3650 9462 3706 9462 3705 9407

      3650 9408 3648 9443

TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 180DEG 0KT 3668 9440



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