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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

907 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

907 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

FOR BARTON...CHEROKEE...JASPER...MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 9 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL 

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CREEKS AND ROADS TO FLOOD. 

A FEW RECENT REPORTS INCLUDE HIGHWAY C NEAR MILFORD IN BARTON COUNTY 

AND LIGHTNING CREEK NORTH OF SHERMAN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. NUMEROUS 

OTHER SECONDARY ROADS ARE ALSO IMPASSIBLE IN PARTS OF 

CHEROKEE...BARTON AND JASPER COUNTIES.



SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LESS OVER 

NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO 

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI.



AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT 

WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG 

RIVERS...CREEKS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 



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 DONT DROWN. DO NOT STAY IN 

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3649 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508 3733 9508

      3733 9462 3765 9462 3764 9408 3729 9409

      3729 9406 3719 9406 3649 9408



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