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WGUS73 KSGF 091326

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

824 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-VERNON MO-

ST. CLAIR MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

824 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

BARTON...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...JASPER...MCDONALD...

NEWTON...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 820 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WAS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

WERE IMPASSABLE IN BOURBON COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY NEAR DEVON. OVER 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE MARMATON...LITTLE OSAGE  AND 

LIGHTNING CREEK BASINS SINCE MIDNIGHT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...PLUS 

THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3698 9463 3700 9508 3803 9508

      3803 9462 3806 9462 3806 9449 3804 9408

      3820 9405 3821 9352 3795 9352 3791 9358

      3783 9358 3783 9382 3790 9382 3790 9407

      3650 9408

TIME...MOT...LOC 1324Z 180DEG 0KT 3770 9419



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