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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

920 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 915 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

A DIMINISHING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...

WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN EAST OF A OSAGE BEACH TO SPRINGFIELD LINE.



RAINFALL WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE ADVISORY AND WARNING

AREAS BY 1130 AM. THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES AND FLASH FLOOD

WARNINGS FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALLOWED

TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY ALSO BE CANCELLED

AROUND NOON IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE.



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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