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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

830 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



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

COUNTY...



AT 830 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM OSCEOLA TO WARSAW. THE LINE WAS NEARLY 

STATIONARY...AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES AROUND 

ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING. HEAVY RAIN WILL DECREASE IN 

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH MID MORNING.



RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

TO CONTINUE...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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TERRY

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