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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1128 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND

EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 4 PM...

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



MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL 1200 PM...



VERNON COUNTY AND BOURBON COUNTY KANSAS UNTIL 1245 PM...



JASPER...BARTON...CRAWFORD...NEWTON...CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN EXTREME

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 445 PM...



DADE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM...



AS OF 1100 AM...REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC

CONFIRMED FLOODING IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST

KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S.

HIGHWAY 71. SOME OF THE TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE NEOSHO...JOPLIN...

COLUMBUS...NEVADA...AND GREENFIELD.



AS OF 1130 AM...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS

EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THESE

STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND ARE TRAINING OVER THE SAME

AREAS.  THIS SITUATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY

AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE FLOODING THREAT THOUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



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