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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

959 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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STONE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-

959 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...MCDONALD AND STONE COUNTIES...



AT 954 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES 

HAD MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER A SHORT TIME PERIOD THIS 

MORNING. 



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.



IN PARTICULAR...FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG WILSONS CREEK 

IN NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AS STREAM GAUGES INDICATE A 

SIGNIFICANT RISE TAKING PLACE UPSTREAM. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS IN THE WARNED AREA...AND MANY OF THEM WILL LIKELY BE 

IMPACTED BY FLASH FLOODING TODAY.



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 3650 9462 3676 9463 3675 9408 3693 9407

      3692 9362 3710 9361 3708 9290 3681 9292

      3681 9332 3649 9333



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