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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

632 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR BENTON

COUNTY...



AT 630 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

EXTENDED FROM BENTON COUNTY...WESTWARD THROUGH HENRY COUNTY. THE 

LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURING. HEAVY RAIN 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS BENTON COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 8 AM...SO 

AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.   



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3853 9347 3809 9350 3809 9309 3851 9321



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