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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

825 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR

BENTON...ST. CLAIR...HICKORY AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL

MISSOURI...



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

FOR CAMDEN...POLK...AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND

EAST OF A NEVADA TO MOUNT VERNON AND GALENA LINE...



AT 820 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. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SHOW AN OVERALL WEAKENING

TREND.



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.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN

CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH 10 AM. THE ADDITIONAL 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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