

082 

RWUS32 KSGF 031250

FFSSGF

MOZ088-093-031545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

739 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR NEWTON AND 

JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 733 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES... 

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

IN THE PAST THREE HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AT 730 AM JOPLIN LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERE STREET FLOODING... 

WITH WATER LEVELS UP TO AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS NEAR SAINT JOHNS 

HOSPITAL IN JOPLIN.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

JOPLIN...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...

CARTHAGE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...GRANBY...IRON GATES AND

LEAWOOD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3736 9462 3676 9462 3675 9406 3736 9409



CISSELL/BROWNING

