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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 132024

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

317 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



MOC077-132300-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080613T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GREENE MO-

317 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 312 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. 



AN EXTREME FLASH FLOOD EVENT IS UNFOLDING ACROSS THE CITY OF 

SPRINGFIELD. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE THIS MORNING HAVE AVERAGED 

BETWEEN THREE AND SIX WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOODING 

NUMEROUS CITY STREETS. SEVERAL MAJOR ROUTES IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA 

HAVE TWO TO THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER WITH NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES 

SINCE 1 PM. SOME OF THE RIVER GAGES IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA HAVE 

RISEN SIX TO TEN FEET SINCE NOON WITH SOME AREAS AS HIGH AS THE 

BRIDGE LEVEL. 



RAINFALL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED SINCE 230 PM WITH THE MAIN 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF GREENE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE HALF INCH IS LIKELY ALONG THE GREENE...CHRISTIAN COUNTY LINE 

THROUGH 4 PM WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE 

JAMES RIVER AND WILSON CREEK. 



REMEMBER...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 3710 9361 3742 9363 3742 9307 3727 9308

      3727 9306 3709 9307

TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 180DEG 0KT 3726 9325



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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 132024

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

317 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



MOC077-132300-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080613T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GREENE MO-

317 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 312 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. 



AN EXTREME FLASH FLOOD EVENT IS UNFOLDING ACROSS THE CITY OF 

SPRINGFIELD. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE THIS MORNING HAVE AVERAGED 

BETWEEN THREE AND SIX WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOODING 

NUMEROUS CITY STREETS. SEVERAL MAJOR ROUTES IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA 

HAVE TWO TO THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER WITH NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES 

SINCE 1 PM. SOME OF THE RIVER GAGES IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA HAVE 

RISEN SIX TO TEN FEET SINCE NOON WITH SOME AREAS AS HIGH AS THE 

BRIDGE LEVEL. 



RAINFALL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED SINCE 230 PM WITH THE MAIN 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF GREENE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE HALF INCH IS LIKELY ALONG THE GREENE...CHRISTIAN COUNTY LINE 

THROUGH 4 PM WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE 

JAMES RIVER AND WILSON CREEK. 



REMEMBER...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 3710 9361 3742 9363 3742 9307 3727 9308

      3727 9306 3709 9307

TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 180DEG 0KT 3726 9325



$$



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