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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1010 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...EASTERN

TANEY COUNTY...AND WESTERN OZARK COUNTY CONTINUES THROUGH 1145 AM...



AT 1006 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TANEY AND

SOUTHWEST OZARK COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN

ARKANSAS BY 11 AM.  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4

INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS AND STORMS FROM

EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING HAS

OCCURRED.



THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF FLOODING JUST EAST OF GOODHOPE ALONG

HIGHWAY 76 IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.  WITH THE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN

THE AREA...SOME OF THESE WILL ALSO LIKELY FLOOD.



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...

RUNOFF FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING.



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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