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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

125 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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ST. CLAIR MO-BENTON MO-

125 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

BENTON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...



AT 118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

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

FIVE 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.



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 3854 9307 3806 9307 3807 9351 3792 9352

      3792 9358 3783 9358 3783 9382 3789 9383

      3790 9407 3822 9404 3822 9353 3852 9351

      3851 9329 3854 9327



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