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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

320 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM FOR VERNON AND

BARTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND CRAWFORD COUNTY IN

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



AT 315 PM...WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY...RUNOFF

FROM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 4 PM IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER BARTON COUNTY.  UP TO AN INCH OF

RAIN IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE.



THE HEAVY RAIN TODAY COMBINE WITH YESTERDAYS RAINS HAS LEFT THE SOIL

SATURATED.  MOTORISTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR

FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CROSS LOW WATER

CROSSINGS.



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