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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

943 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON MO-

943 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 940 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY 

HAS LEAD TO FLOODING OVER SEVERAL HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING PARTS 

OF AA NORTH OF DEDRICK...C WEST OF WALKER AND D AT MILO IN VERNON 

COUNTY...ALONG WITH HIGHWAY A NEAR THE VERNON AND BARTON COUNTY 

LINE. 



IN KANSAS...CITY STREETS IN FORT SCOTT AND 165 SOUTH OF 31 WERE 

FLOODED...ALONG WITH SEVERAL ROADS BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 160 AND 126 IN 

EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



IN ADDITION TO THESE ROUTES...NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS ARE ALSO 

IMPASSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE THREE COUNTY AREA. 



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE 

NORTHWARD THROUGH THE WARNED AREA PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVERNIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL IN FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN FLOODING IS 

HARD TO RECOGNIZE. 



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 3804 9506 3803 9462 3806 9461 3806 9431

      3804 9423 3806 9413 3804 9406 3764 9409

      3765 9462 3733 9462 3734 9508 3781 9509



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