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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

650 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 745

AM...



AT 645 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE

RAINFALL OVER ALL OF GREENE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE

DECREASED SINCE 6 AM...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO

TO FOUR INCHES HAVE CONTINUED TO FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS

MAINLY NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY. AS OF 640 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICERS INDICATED THAT ALL BUT ONE CAR HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE

LOW WATER CROSSING SOUTH OF WILLARD. ALL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

ACCOUNTED FOR AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS AREA.

STATE HIGHWAY AB AND FARM ROAD 94 CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER GREENE

COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO END AFTER 9 AM.



FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING

AREAS WHERE WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.  IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND COME

UPON A FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSING...TURN YOUR VEHICLE AROUND AND FIND

AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO FLOAT

YOUR VEHICLE.



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