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WGUS73 KSGF 280419
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1019 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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NEWTON MO-
1019 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST MONDAY
FOR NEWTON COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM CST...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN HAD  FALLEN
ACROSS THE AREA SINCE SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY  OCCURRING
AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.  LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT
NORMALLY FLOOD ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. NUMEROUS  ROADS
ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND WILL  REMAIN
FLOODED INTO MONDAY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG SHOAL CREEK ALONG
WITH MANY OTHER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3676 9452 3677 9460 3706 9462 3705 9406
      3675 9407

$$

WISE
