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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1159 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM

FOR CEDAR...POLK...DADE...DALLAS...CAMDEN...HICKORY...LACLEDE...

GREENE...WEBSTER...LAWRENCE...AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...



WHILE MUCH OF THE RAINFALL HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST...

THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY

RAIN AND CONTINUING RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO PONDING ON

SECONDARY ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS

ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.



THE MOST WIDESPREAD PONDING WAS REPORTED ACROSS DADE COUNTY WHERE

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LEAD TO MANY SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER

CROSSINGS AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO

NOTICE AT NIGHT.  WHEN FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOTORISTS SHOULD

TURN AROUND AND SEEK A DIFFERENT ROUTE.



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