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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 132101

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

356 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-

356 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 351 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. 



AS OF 4 PM THE MAJOR STREETS IN SPRINGFIELD THAT ARE CLOSED.



CHESTNUT AT NATIONAL AVENUE.

CAMPBELL AVENUE AT MEADOWMERE STREET.

GLENSTONE AT COMMERCIAL STREET. 

SEVERAL OTHER MORE LOCALIZED STREETS ARE BARRICADED AS WELL.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BARRICADED STREETS. UNTIL THE 

RAIN SUBSIDES...THESE STREETS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDERWATER AND 

SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.  



MOST OF THE RAINFALL IN GREENE COUNTY HAS ENDED AS OF 4 PM. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH 

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3710 9361 3742 9363 3742 9307 3727 9308

      3727 9306 3709 9307

TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 180DEG 0KT 3726 9325



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JLT

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 132101

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

356 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-

356 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 351 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. 



AS OF 4 PM THE MAJOR STREETS IN SPRINGFIELD THAT ARE CLOSED.



CHESTNUT AT NATIONAL AVENUE.

CAMPBELL AVENUE AT MEADOWMERE STREET.

GLENSTONE AT COMMERCIAL STREET. 

SEVERAL OTHER MORE LOCALIZED STREETS ARE BARRICADED AS WELL.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BARRICADED STREETS. UNTIL THE 

RAIN SUBSIDES...THESE STREETS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDERWATER AND 

SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.  



MOST OF THE RAINFALL IN GREENE COUNTY HAS ENDED AS OF 4 PM. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH 

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3710 9361 3742 9363 3742 9307 3727 9308

      3727 9306 3709 9307

TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 180DEG 0KT 3726 9325



$$



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