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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

325 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON AND MCDONALD

COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARTON AND JASPER

COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN KANSAS

UNTIL 400 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAWRENCE...BARRY...AND

STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE...CHRISTIAN...

AND TANEY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...



HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED OVER PORTIONS

OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON

HAVE SENT CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND PRODUCED

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SINCE 1 PM.  SHILOH ROAD...JUST EAST

OF HIGHWAY 13...IS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN STONE COUNTY.  NEWTON

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN BOTH NEOSHO AND

SWEETWATER. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAVE BEEN INUNDATED.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  KNOW YOUR

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING

WATER.  DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT.

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



GET THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF/.



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