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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1236 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-

DALLAS MO-PULASKI MO-CHRISTIAN MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-

1236 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DALLAS...GREENE...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...

MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...PULASKI...STONE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 1229 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SINCE NOON WERE 

REPORTING FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS...AND THE 

TYPICAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF WATER RISING 

IN SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES WERE OCCURRING WHERE RAINFALL RATES 

HAVE BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RANGE. SEVERAL AREAS IN 

THE SPRINGFIELD AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES SINCE 11 

AM. IN ADDITION...A REPORT OF 1.5 INCHES FELL NORTHEAST OF 

MARSHFIELD SINCE 1130 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



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. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3650 9462 3705 9462 3705 9407 3729 9405

      3728 9363 3783 9363 3780 9320 3786 9317

      3789 9263 3780 9253 3800 9203 3763 9203

      3761 9225 3748 9226 3748 9269 3707 9269

      3707 9290 3681 9292 3682 9332 3650 9333

TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 180DEG 0KT 3734 9313



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