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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

625 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



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

TANEY AND CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...



AT 620 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH 700 

PM.  HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER THIS AREA SINCE 430 PM...WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED FLOODING 

THREAT FROM RUNOFF THROUGH 1100 PM.



AT 613 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED U.S. 

HIGHWAY 65...BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON...IN SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN 

COUNTY IS OPEN. HOWEVER TWO LANES ARE STILL CLOSED AS THE MUDSLIDE 

IS BEING CLEARED.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR

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

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

SPARTA...CHADWICK...CHESTNUTRIDGE...CHRISTIAN CENTER AND SELMORE.



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 3699 9333 3670 9331 3671 9305 3700 9306



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