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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

636 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008



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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-

636 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008



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

JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 3 

PM...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM 

BAXTER SPRINGS AND GALENA KANSAS...NORTHEAST ACROSS JOPLIN...AND 

NORTH OF CARTHAGE MISSOURI. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WERE POSSIBLE 

IN THESE AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER. 

ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS 

DIMINISHED...RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR 

WILL FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 PM. 



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.



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 3735 9417 3734 9413 3703 9406 3688 9463

      3698 9463 3699 9491 3710 9495



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