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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

859 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR WESTERN

CAMDEN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 1100 AM FOR

NORTHEASTERN HICKORY COUNTY...



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE HERMITAGE AREA THROUGH 1030

AM...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF

ADDITIONAL RAIN. OTHERWISE...MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL ONLY SEE

SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS THIS MORNING.



AT 745 AM...A VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED FLOODED ROADS

2 MILES NORTH OF CROSS TIMBERS IN HICKORY COUNTY. ANOTHER OBSERVER

REPORTED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER OVER A LOW WATER BRIDGE AT TURKEY CREEK

NEAR FRISTOE IN BENTON COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING

HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

REMEMBER THAT 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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