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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1147 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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TANEY MO-

1147 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR TANEY

COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A SWATH OF TWO TO TWO 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM FORSYTH TO 

PROTEM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 2 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

BRANSON...FORSYTH...HOLLISTER...MERRIAM WOODS...ROCKAWAY BEACH AND

TANEYVILLE. 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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3680 9278 3651 9279 3650 9331 3681 9331



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