

000 

WGUS73 KSGF 060510

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1209 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



MOC125-161-060600-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080806T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-

1209 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN MARIES AND NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 1205 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.



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.



TUESDAY EVENING...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS 

FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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.



LAT...LON 3792 9153 3791 9154 3792 9164 3793 9194

      3821 9199 3826 9165 3817 9164 3816 9154

      3816 9153



$$



GAGAN

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 060510

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1209 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



MOC125-161-060600-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080806T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-

1209 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN MARIES AND NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 1205 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.



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.



TUESDAY EVENING...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS 

FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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.



LAT...LON 3792 9153 3791 9154 3792 9164 3793 9194

      3821 9199 3826 9165 3817 9164 3816 9154

      3816 9153



$$



GAGAN

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