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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

801 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO-

801 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR

DALLAS...LACLEDE...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...



AT 751 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

RUNOFF WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

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

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



THE WEBSTER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY

60 WEST OF WEST CENTER...ALONG HIGHWAY 60 AND VV...ALONG HIGHWAY

38 AND JJ...ALONG PANTHER CREEK...ALONG HIGHWAY W BEFORE HIGHWAY E...

ALONG EAST AND WEST CENTER IN ROGERSVILLE...AND ALONG IRON MOUNTAIN

AND TURKEY HILL.



ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS

LIKELY IN DALLAS...LACLEDE...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES. FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION ON ROAD CLOSURES...GO TO WWW.MODOT.ORG



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3711 9305 3716 9307 3741 9307 3742 9314

      3744 9316 3787 9318 3786 9262 3780 9255

      3784 9249 3783 9245 3785 9241 3771 9241

      3764 9226 3709 9227



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