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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

240 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



GREENE AND DENT COUNTIES...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 600 AM FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



BENTON COUNTY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED RAPIDLY IN INTENSITY

ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MISSOURI AS OF 230 AM.  NO

FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER GREENE AND DENT

COUNTIES SINCE 130 AM.  THUS...THE FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED

FOR THOSE AREAS.



AS OF 230 AM...FLOODING OF THE BIG DEER CREEK...NEAR EDWARDS ON

HIGHWAY 7 IN SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY CONTINUES. THEREFORE...THE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 600

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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