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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



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CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-

1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



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

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...



AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECAILLY FOR AREAS OF SOUTH 

SPRINGFIELD BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND NIXA AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF 

HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. 

VERY FAST RUNOFF AND RAPID RISE IN WATER IS EXPECTED IN THIS WARNED 

AREA. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN... 



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.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER

CROSSINGS...



EAST BUENA VISTA ROAD AT WARD BRANCH SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...

HIGHWAY 125 JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60...

FARM ROAD 164 AT THE JAMES RIVER JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...FARM 

ROAD 134 AT THE JAMES RIVER NORTHEAST OF TURNERS.



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 3701 9351 3733 9308 3727 9307 3710 9307

      3701 9321



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