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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

919 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR BENTON...ST

CLAIR...AND HICKORY COUNTIES...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM FOR

GREENE...DADE...LAWRENCE...JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...AND CHEROKEE

COUNTIES.



AT 915 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT

EXTENDED FROM SPARTA...TO MONETT...TO SENECA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING

SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND...

THAT EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM THE LEADING EDGE.



HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES WERE ASSOCIATED

WITH THESE STORMS.



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT NO FLOODING HAD

TAKEN PLACE. HOWEVER RUNOFF WATER WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY RISES IN SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING BEHIND THE LINE

OF STORMS.



TRAVELERS SHOULD EXCERSISE CAUTION THIS MORNING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER

A FLOODED ROADWAY OR LOW WATER CROSSING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

IT...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



FOSTER

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