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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

450 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST 

CHRISTIAN...NORTHWEST STONE...LAWRENCE...GREEN...NORTHERN 

MCDONALD...NORTHERN BARRY...AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...CHEROKEE...JASPER...BARTON ... 

DADE...POLK...AND WEBSTER.



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MISSOURI 

OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED NORTH OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO 

SPRINGFIELD TO OSAGE BEACH EARLY THIS MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT NEARLY CONTINUOUS RAIN DURING THE NIGHT PRODUCED A 

WIDESPREAD AREA OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 



WHILE THE AREA OF RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING 

AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL 

REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



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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