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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

722 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY CONTINUES THROUGH 915 AM...



AT 720 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE

TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF BENTON COUNTY.

THE LINCOLN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY C JUST WEST OF

LINCOLN WAS FLOODING...AS WELL AS SOME STREETS IN THE TOWN OF

LINCOLN.



DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN SO

FAR...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT

COUPLE OF HOURS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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