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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1251 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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SHANNON MO-TEXAS MO-PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO-DENT MO-

1251 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

DENT...NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...NORTHERN SHANNON...PULASKI AND SOUTHERN

PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 1245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

AFFECTING AREAS FROM WAYNESVILLE TO SALEM TO ROUND SPRING. RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT.



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.



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 3708 9113 3771 9241 3802 9240 3801 9203

      3784 9201 3779 9180 3779 9132 3771 9131

      3770 9117 3759 9116 3759 9131 3751 9131

      3750 9121 3726 9116 3725 9112 3721 9113

      3714 9102 3710 9102



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