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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

144 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



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STONE MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-

144 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...NEWTON...SOUTHERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTIES...



AT 139 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH HAS 

CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN A BAND FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO NEOSHO TO 

CASSVILLE TO SOUTHWEST TANEY COUNTY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS AND 

HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER 

HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS.



FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF CASSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY Y 

AND ALSO THROUGHOUT NEOSHO.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THESE LOCATIONS.



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 3650 9408 3675 9408 3676 9461 3705 9462

      3705 9408 3696 9408 3693 9407 3693 9401

      3672 9332 3649 9299



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