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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

849 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008



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GREENE MO-

849 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008



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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 844 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

SPRINGFIELD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED AND CLOSED DUE TO 1.5 TO TWO INCH 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN AN HOUR. LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 

SPRINGFIELD AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH CREEK AND WILSON CREEK ON THE 

WEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD HAVE RISEN THREE TO FIVE FEET SINCE 7 AM. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11 AM. 



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 3710 9361 3728 9361 3728 9363 3742 9363

      3742 9307 3709 9308

TIME...MOT...LOC 1349Z 180DEG 0KT 3727 9344



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