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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1105 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN 

MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 115 

AM CDT...



AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OF COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE WARNED AREA.  

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL CONTINUES TO DIMINISH...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN 

THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR THE BLUE BRANCH COMMUNITY NEAR WARSAW IN 

BENTON COUNTY...ON HIGHWAY NN NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS IN NORTHWEST 

CAMDEN COUNTY...HIGHWAY AA AND J IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3819 9406 3791 9406 3787 9360 3806 9348

          3810 9302 3822 9269 3856 9267 3830 9330

          3817 9347



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