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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

934 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-NEWTON MO-

934 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

GREENE...LAWRENCE...NEWTON AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 928 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN IN 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.



AT 930 AM CDT...THE STREAM GAUGE AT WILSONS CREEK IN SPRINGFIELD 

INDICATED A RISE OF SIX FEET SINCE 730 AM. THIS WOULD CAUSE WILSONS 

CREEK TO FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IMPACT ROADS IN CENTRAL AND 

WESTERN SPRINGFIELD. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND SOME 

STATE ROUTES HAVE BEEN FLOODED THIS MORNING. FLOODED ROADS INCLUDE 

ROUTE 38 EAST OF FAIR GROVE. 



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 3676 9463 3705 9462 3705 9407 3729 9405

      3728 9363 3742 9363 3742 9307 3749 9307

      3748 9269 3707 9269 3710 9361 3692 9362

      3693 9407 3675 9408



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