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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

126 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-

126 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008



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

BARTON...CEDAR...CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN BOURBON...SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR AND

SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

ARMA...CHEROKEE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...ENGLEVALE...FRONTENAC...

GIRARD...LAMAR...NEVADA...PITTSBURG...STOCKTON...VERDELLA...

ARCADIA...HEPLER...LIBERAL AND MCCUNE.



AT 111 AM CDT...BOURBON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

SIX BLOCKS IN DOWNTOWN FORT SCOTT WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH 

FLOODING...WITH UP TO TWO AND HALF FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE 

ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...A PORTION OF OF A RAILROAD TRACK NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF TENTH STREET AND HIGHWAY 69 MAY BE WASHED OUT.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3775 9509 3796 9407 3795 9356 3782 9364

      3758 9363 3758 9408 3735 9410 3736 9461

      3733 9462 3733 9508

TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 180DEG 0KT 3760 9425



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