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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

304 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY CONTINUES...



NORTHERN MILLER UNTIL 415 PM.



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN TO THE WARNED COUNTIES HAVE

MOVED SOUTHEAST. THERE WERE MANY REPORTS OF NUMEROUS ROADS

UNDER WATER IN THE ELDON AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 52. HOWEVER AT 300

PM FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED ACCORDING TO LOCAL SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS.



AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN VERSAILLES SINCE THIS MORNING.

0.65 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO FELL IN 6 MINUTES AROUND THE OSAGE

BEACH AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...

BUT THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST.



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.



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