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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

926 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-

926 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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

MILLER AND MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 923 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND COUNTY ROADS WERE FLOODED 

NORTHWEST OF TUSCUMBIA AND SOUTH OF THE CITY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE THE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3860 9284 3844 9263 3843 9241 3834 9240

      3834 9220 3802 9219 3803 9252 3806 9258

      3820 9264 3822 9270 3819 9277 3820 9296

      3823 9293 3823 9296 3818 9301 3825 9302

      3827 9308 3869 9307 3869 9284



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