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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1248 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...



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...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERNON COUNTY AND BOURBON COUNTY KANSAS

THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AS OF 1230 PM...REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE

PUBLIC CONFIRMED FLOODING IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS EXTREME

SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...GENERALLY IN A 50 MILE

WIDE AREAS SURROUNDING JOPLIN. SOME OF THE TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE

NEOSHO...JOPLIN...COLUMBUS...AND GREENFIELD.



AS OF 1245 PM...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY NORTH OF U.S.

HIGHWAY 60 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 71. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT

30 MPH.  THE BACK EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ALONG U.S.

65 BY 130 PM. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ARE ALSO DECREASING

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

3 PM.



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

EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT FOR

EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH LATE

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

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