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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

127 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009



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BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-VERNON MO-

NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

127 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR

BARTON...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...JASPER...MCDONALD...NEWTON

AND VERNON COUNTIES...



AT 120 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED...AND MEASUREMENTS CONFIRM...THAT UP TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN  HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM. 



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.



ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE WARNED 

AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE 

DIRECTLY TO RUNOFF...INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3804 9506

      3803 9462 3806 9462 3806 9431 3804 9423

      3806 9413 3804 9406 3649 9408



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