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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1147 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-

1147 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SEVERAL LOCATIONS RECEIVED AROUND TWO 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR EARLIER THIS MORNING...WHICH 

WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3649 9461 3692 9463 3705 9462 3697 9407

      3693 9407 3693 9379 3690 9363 3683 9363

      3682 9359 3649 9360



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