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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

156 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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HICKORY MO-CAMDEN MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-

156 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

CAMDEN...HICKORY...MILLER AND MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN IS 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.



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 3869 9284 3860 9284 3844 9263 3843 9241

      3834 9240 3833 9219 3802 9219 3802 9240

      3788 9241 3786 9261 3789 9263 3790 9319

      3780 9320 3782 9358 3791 9358 3792 9352

      3807 9351 3806 9307 3870 9305



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