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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

149 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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CEDAR MO-

149 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

COUNTY...



AT 142 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 TWO INCHES OF RAIN 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.



RAPID RISES OF AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE LIKELY AND QUICK 

INUNDATION OF AREA ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE.



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 3789 9383 3783 9382 3783 9364 3775 9364

      3774 9362 3758 9362 3757 9380 3759 9408

      3778 9408 3790 9407



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