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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

431 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...



AT 438 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD INDICATES

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED WEST INTO MCDONALD AND NEWTON

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF MONETT WILL MOVE SOUTH

INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BY 515 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES OF

RAINFALL INDICATE THAT 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A NARROW BAND

FROM JUST WEST OF CASSVILLE TO JUST EAST OF SELIGMAN OVER THE PAST

TWO HOURS.



REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE FLOODING ON PARTS OF

HIGHWAYS 86 AND 37 NEAR CASSVILLE. THERE WAS A REPORT OF PEOPLE

TRAPPED IN A HOME DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE SAME AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING

HOURS. THE WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED PAST 6 PM.



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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