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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1253 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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PHELPS MO-

1253 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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

PHELPS COUNTY...



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

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN PHELPS COUNTY SINCE 11 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.



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.



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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