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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

438 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



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CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-

438 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR 

NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...



THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 

PM...HOWEVER THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED DUE TO CONTINUING 

HIGH WATER AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THIS EVENING.



AT 410 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER 

REMAINED HIGH IN MANY AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD THOUGH WATER 

LEVELS WERE GENERALLY FALLING.  



THE RUNOFF FROM THE 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL FROM LATE 

MONRING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO ENTER THE JAMES RIVER 

BASIN LEADING TO THE RIVER FLOODING ALONG ITS COURSE OVER WESTERN 

CHRISTIAN AND NORTHERN STONE COUNTIES.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIKLEY THIS EVENING AS A LARGE BAND OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MISSOURI MOVES EASTWARD. 

WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF 

SPRINGFIELD...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOOD LEVELS TO RISE 

AGAIN.





PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3701 9351 3733 9308 3727 9307 3710 9307

      3701 9321



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