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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

645 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR 

SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...



STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO TULSA 

WILL SPREAD INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS 

EVENING. ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THESE STORMS 

WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 

AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE REGION HAD SEEN A RAINFALL DEFICIT RECENTLY... 

THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING TO DEVELOP. 



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS AFTER DARK. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND 

STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO 

REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.



MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD 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.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING 

DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG 

STREAMS AND WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE 

MOVEMENT...AND TO RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS OR FLOW.



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