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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

550 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 

TANEY AND CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...



AT 547 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED 

OVER SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AND NORTHERN TANEY COUNTIES. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THROUGH 700 PM. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS 

AREA SINCE 430 PM. 



AT 537 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUDSLIDE 

BLOCKING U.S. HIGHWAY 65 IN SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...BETWEEN 

SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

SPARTA...CHADWICK...CHESTNUTRIDGE...CHRISTIAN CENTER...OLDFIELD... 

SELMORE AND SPOKANE.



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 3669 9331 3668 9304 3701 9304 3700 9329



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