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WGUS73 KSGF 270222

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

920 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



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LAWRENCE MO-JASPER MO-STONE MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-

920 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

JASPER...NORTHEASTERN BARRY...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE

AND SOUTHERN STONE COUNTIES...



AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STORM COMPLEX OVER EASTERN KANSAS 

WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...BRINGING ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL TO ALREADY SATURATED AREAS.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3653 9363 3688 9384 3699 9417 3709 9460

      3734 9462 3710 9369 3653 9332 3651 9333



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