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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

947 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS MODIFIED THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH...NOW EFFECTIVE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 

AFTERNOON...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...HICKORY...LACLEDE...POLK...

ST. CLAIR AND VERNON.



LATE EVENING WEATHER DATA INDICATED THAT A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS 

SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND 

NORTHEAST KANSAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO 

THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.  GIVEN THE HIGH 

AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE EVIDENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE ON EVENING UPPER AIR 

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO THREE 

INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THESE EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL BE LATE 

TONIGHT...LIKELY AFTER 3 AM...THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON 

HOURS.



SINCE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED IN THE WATCH AREA TUESDAY 

MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL BUT LESSER AMOUNTS OBSERVED THIS 

MORNING....ANY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.  FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY ALSO 

OCCUR ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS 

WELL...BUT AT THIS TIME...THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING POTENTIAL 

PREDICATES THE EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT WATCH AREA.  



RESIDENTS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THAT LIVE NEAR CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD KEEP ABREAST 

OF LATER INFORMATION TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.  BE PREPARED TO 

REACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCAL AREA.



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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE

INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF

OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.



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