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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1225 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING

AREAS...



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.





...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH

THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...

DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...

LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...

OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...

STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.



AT 1225 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD PUSHED EAST OF KANSAS AND 

INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI.  HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER A 

THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED THERE.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT...AS IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 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...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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