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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

902 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



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MARIES MO-

902 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN MARIES COUNTY...



AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL WILL END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY 1000 PM...HOWEVER RUNOFF 

FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN 

MARIES COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3816 9189 3807 9187 3806 9190 3806 9191

      3804 9193 3804 9195 3803 9197 3801 9197

      3802 9219 3817 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 180DEG 0KT 3813 9197



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