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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

905 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR ST. CLAIR 

COUNTY...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT 

FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES...



AT 900 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

FLOODED IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED 

AREAS.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE...AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



LAT...LON 3802 9507 3734 9502 3737 9411 3789 9406

          3785 9363 3819 9357 3819 9399 3806 9410



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