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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1038 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008



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PHELPS MO-

1038 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

PHELPS COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE QUICKLY BECOME FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 

THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ROLLA...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY BB NEAR ST. JAMES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ROLLA...

DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG AND ST. JAMES. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER

CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH

FLOODING.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A 

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AFTER DARK AS 

FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3778 9178 3784 9203 3801 9203 3801 9197

      3804 9195 3804 9193 3806 9191 3805 9164

      3816 9164 3816 9154 3816 9153 3779 9153



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