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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

922 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO-

922 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR

DALLAS...LACLEDE AND POLK COUNTIES...



AT 918 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER A 

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORNING. 



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.



NUMEROUS STATE HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING OR WASHED OUT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODED ROADS INCLUDE 

ROUTE 83 NORTH OF BOLIVAR...ROUTE Y SOUTH OF BOLIVAR...ROUTE HH NEAR 

URBANA...ROUTE E SOUTH OF BRANCH...ROUTE BB NORTHEAST OF DOVE...AND 

ROUTE FF NORTHWEST OF HAZELGREEN.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



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LAT...LON 3789 9263 3780 9255 3784 9249 3783 9245

      3786 9241 3771 9241 3765 9225 3748 9226

      3749 9307 3742 9307 3742 9363 3774 9362

      3775 9364 3782 9364 3780 9320 3790 9319



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