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WGUS73 KSGF 121424

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

924 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-

924 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN BENTON AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 1008 AM CDT...ALL OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THAT PRODUCED 

ISOLATED AREAS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST BENTON...AND 

NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES HAS ENDED. THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EARLIER 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DID CAUSE FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 50 NEAR 

SYRACUSE...IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 530 AM. NO ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 8 AM. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3869 9283 3860 9284 3850 9272 3826 9351

      3851 9352 3851 9329 3855 9327 3854 9308

      3870 9306



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