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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

234 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHEROKEE AND 

CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM FOR 

SOUTHERN CEDAR...GREENE...POLK...DADE...SOUTHERN WEBSTER... 

BARTON...NORTHERN STONE...AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES... 





...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 

AM FOR CHEROKEE...NEWTON...BARRY...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...AND JASPER 

COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING 

TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...WHERE MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES.



AT 230 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE AND A HALF TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA 

THROUGH 4 AM. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY INTO LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

BOLIVAR...MARSHFIELD...GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MILLER...SPRINGFIELD 

...NEOSHO AND JOPLIN.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING 

AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AND 

SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY.





MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM. FIND AN ALTERNATE 

ROUTE.



TERRY

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