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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1145 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES:



NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

SHANNON COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM

BENTON COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM

GREENE AND DENT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM...



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM FOR

POLK COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION HAD DIMINISHED

SOMEWHAT SINCE 11 PM...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL

BE POSSIBLE IN DENT...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES BEFORE THE RAIN

ENDS BY SUNRISE MONDAY.



IN NEWTON COUNTY...THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAD ENDED. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM...

HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ARE

EXPECTED.



FOR BENTON COUNTY...THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL END BY 1230 AM...

WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED.



AND FOR POLK AND GREENE COUNTIES...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS BY 1 AM.



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

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY 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.



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