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URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

850 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 10 AM 

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 845 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND 

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 10 AM WILL BE 

CONCENTRATED FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO NEVADA...AND FROM ANDERSON TO 

SPRINGFIELD. 



REPORTS INDICATE THAT MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS 

REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS AND RESULT IN MORE 

FLASH FLOODING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN 

COMMON ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

COUNTRY ROADS...AND OTHER 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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