Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020804
FFSSGF
MOC059-105-020900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
303 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LACLEDE AND
DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN LACLEDE 
COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 
HOURS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF URBANA 
SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR SLEEPER. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
URBANA...SLEEPER...AND ELDRIDGE.

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.

LAT...LON 3779 9241 3748 9226 3751 9317 3792 9319

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BROWNING

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 021011
FFSSGF
MOC059-085-105-185-021300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR LACLEDE...DALLAS...HICKORY AND 
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...

AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING
TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEBANON...WHEATLAND...WEAUBLEAU...URBANA...OSCEOLA...LOWRY CITY...
HERMITAGE...CONWAY...BUFFALO...APPLETON CITY...WINDYVILLE AND VISTA.

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.

LAT...LON 3779 9318 3782 9383 3789 9383 3793 9408
          3822 9407 3820 9355 3807 9343 3807 9307
          3790 9307 3789 9253 3768 9233 3747 9225
          3744 9313

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IZZI

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 021049
FFSSGF
MOC059-105-021330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
549 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LACLEDE AND
DALLAS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD TRAINED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 
MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A BAND OF 
THREE TO FIVE INCHES FELL OVER RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN DALLAS AND 
CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTIES.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
INCLUDE...LEBANON...BUFFALO...TUNAS.

AT 515...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING 
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BUFFALO AND LEBANON.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3787 9268 3782 9262 3779 9255 3781 9244
          3773 9244 3752 9229 3751 9317 3788 9313

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CRAMER