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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1212 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-POLK MO-DALLAS MO-

1212 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

GREENE...SOUTHERN DALLAS...SOUTHERN POLK AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 1205 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO 

SHOW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RELAYED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BATTLEFIELD...MARSHFIELD...REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...STRAFFO

RD...ASH GROVE...DIGGINS...FAIR 

GROVE...FORDLAND...MORRISVILLE...NIANGUA...PLEASANT 

HOPE...ROGERSVILLE...SEYMOUR AND WALNUT GROVE.



AT 1210 PM...WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MARSHFIELD. 

HIGHWAYS 530 AND 535 OVER SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY WERE CLOSED DUE TO 

FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED AROUND ROGERSVILLE.  

SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3707 9290 3709 9290 3709 9298 3709 9327

      3710 9361 3758 9362 3750 9285 3749 9285

      3748 9269 3727 9270 3726 9268 3707 9269

TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 180DEG 0KT 3726 9298



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