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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

208 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTY...



POLK COUNTY



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



BENTON COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM

GREENE AND DENT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM...



RAINFALL INTENSITIES HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST

HOUR.  PATCHY LIGHT...TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE

EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING

THE TOWNS OF GAINESVILLE...WEST PLAINS...AND EMINENCE. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH...TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 300 AM...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL

MOVE EASTWARD...AND OUT OF THE AREA.



AS OF 115 AM...THE ONLY REPORT OF FLOODING WAS IN BENTON COUNTY NEAR

EDWARDS. THE BIG AND LITTLE DEER CREEKS ARE OVER HIGHWAY 7 WITH 18

INCHES OF WATER.



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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