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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

846 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030

PM...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR DADE COUNTY UNTIL 1030

PM...



AT 840 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD INDICATED

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GAINESVILLE TO ROLLA MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE

THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER IN HICKORY COUNTY. IN

BENTON COUNTY...SOUTH 7 HIGHWAY NEAR EDWARDS WAS COVERED WITH WATER.

ALSO REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT MINOR FLOODING

IS OCCURRING NEAR SYLVANIA ON HIGHWAY 97 ONE MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY E

IN DADE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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