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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

726 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON...ST. CLAIR...HICKORY AND

MORGAN COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM...



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CAMDEN...POLK...AND DALLAS

COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH

CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...



AT 720 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE

MISSOURI OZARKS. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 4 AM HAVE

RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM ST. CLAIR AND HICKORY COUNTIES

REPORTED THAT SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS HAD BECOME

IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  BENTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

DEER CREEK WAS NEAR BANKFULL AND RISING.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO

ONE INCH THROUGH 9 AM.  A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS BENTON...MORGAN AND

ST. CLAIR COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE

INCH. THIS RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS.



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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