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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 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 FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUE UNTIL 8 AM FOR 

...CHEROKEE...JASPER...BARTON... DADE...POLK...AND WEBSTER 

COUNTIES...



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

OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 550 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM STOCKTON TO BOLIVAR TO 

LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE  

DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTH OF CASSVILLE.



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATE THAT MANY LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN FLOODED ACROSS THE 

WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS.  



IN MCDONALD COUNTY...THE BIG AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEK IN PINEVILLE 

...AND INDIAN CREEK IN ANDERSON WERE REPORTED TO BE OUT THEIR 

BANKS.  



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA... 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



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.



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...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



FOSTER

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