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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

710 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...

CHEROKEE...NEWTON...CRAWFORD...BARRY...MCDONALD...GREENE...POLK...

DADE...WEBSTER...BARTON...LAWRENCE...STONE...NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN

AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CST...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR ALL OF THE MISSOURI 

OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



AT 705 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA...BUT 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NORTHWEST 

ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO 

AREAS FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO CASSVILLE.  RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS 

WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS THAT EXIST ACROSS THE AREA.



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATE THAT MANY LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAVE BEEN 

FLOODED.  ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS MAY BE RECEDING IN SOME 

AREAS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE AREA COULD RESULT IN 

RAPID RISES AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS 

OF AROUND 3 INCHES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS. 



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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