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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

119 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON MO-

119 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN TWO AND 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER 

OF TONIGHT.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS 

THE AREA. LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAM WILL BE 

THE FIRST TO FLOOD...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED.



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 MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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