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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

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GREENE MO-
742 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SPRINGFIELD...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...

AT 738 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE SIX INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES HAS RESULTED IN DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING
INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN SPRINGFIELD. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE
ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OVER A DOZEN WATER RESCUES AS MANY ROADS IN
SPRINGFIELD HAVE ALSO FLOODED.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER SPRINGFIELD
THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDINARILY IN
SAFE LOCATIONS DURING PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ARE NOW IN A LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.

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LAT...LON 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
      3709 9310

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