Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110536
FFSSGF
MOC145-110830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1235 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR NEWTON
COUNTY...

AT 1226 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
SERIOUS FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF NEOSHO. THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 
THROUGH 2 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN 
PORTION OF NEWTON COUNTY...BUT A STEADY RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY BEHIND THE INITIAL STORMS. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FROM SOUTHWEST TO 
NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY...AND OVER NEOSHO SINCE 9 PM. STORM TOTAL 
RAINFALL SINCE THIS AFTERNOON HAS TOTALED 3 TO 6 INCHES IN PORTIONS 
OF THE COUNTY.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR... 
ESPECIALLY ALONG STREAMS AND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO... 
GRANBY...AND RITCHEY.  THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE 
OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3704 9413 3677 9406 3676 9454 3703 9458

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FOSTER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110718
FFSSGF
MOC145-110900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
217 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR NEWTON
COUNTY...

AT 210 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 
FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS NEWTON COUNTY WITH SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS 
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING IN NEOSHO 
WHERE SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HOMES WERE FLOODED. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM SOUTHWEST TO 
NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NEWTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEOSHO.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE BACK 
INTO NEWTON COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL.  ANY 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING AND AGGRAVATE ALREADY 
FLOODED STREAMS. 

RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR... 
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO AND GRANBY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3703 9414 3677 9413 3677 9459 3703 9459

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FOSTER