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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1220 PM 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...



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



MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM...



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

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



DADE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM...



AS OF 1215 PM...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...AND GREENFIELD.



AS OF 1215 PM...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST

AT 30 MPH.  THE BACK EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE

ALONG U.S. 71 BY 1 PM. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ARE ALSO

DECREASING IN STRENGTH...AND THIS DIMINISHING TREND SHOULD CONTINUE

THROUGH 2 PM.



HOWEVER...THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN...SINCE THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT THOUGH LATE

AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



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