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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1000 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON...FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...GREENE...

HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...

MORGAN...NEWTON...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR...AND VERNON.



IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE...AND CRAWFORD.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND

EASTERN KANSAS...AND WESTCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS

ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD AND DEVELOP INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE AND THAT WILL

RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT 

AND INTO MONDAY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 

MONDAY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 

OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING...WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO 

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS.

PAY ATTENTION TO RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS.



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