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WGUS73 KSGF 231317

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

814 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008



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CHRISTIAN MO-

814 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

CHRISTIAN COUNTY...



AT 805 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED DUE TO RAINFALL RATES 

OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH SATELLITE AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.3 TO 

1.8 INCHES RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM NEAR NIXA AND OZARK. 



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 3709 9336 3708 9290 3704 9290 3701 9290

      3700 9291 3698 9291 3682 9293 3683 9333

TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 180DEG 0KT 3698 9302



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