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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

643 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NUMEROUS COUNTIES IN

SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM...



THE FOLLOWING MISSOURI COUNTIES ARE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...



OZARK...HOWELL...TEXAS...DOUGLAS...JASPER...CHRISTIAN...STONE...

LAWRENCE...BARTON...GREENE...MCDONALD...BARRY...NEWTON...TANEY.



THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES ARE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...



CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...



THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN

HAS ENDED...RUNOFF CONTINUES TO CREATE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AREA

CREEKS AND STREAMS. THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED LOW

WATER BRIDGES ACROSS THE OZARKS. FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO

SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING.



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.



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