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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

129 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

129 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

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



AT 123 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 ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED 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 IN NEWTON COUNTY HAVE REPORTED STREETS 

BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN NEOSHO. INCIDENTS OF FLOODING WILL INCREASE 

OVERNIGHT AS CREEKS AND STREAMS COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOW 

OVER AREA ROADWAYS.



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 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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