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FLASH FLOOD AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

400 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BENTON...WESTERN

CAMDEN...NORTHERN DALLAS...AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 600

AM...



...THIS EXPANDS THE ADVISORY TO INCLUDE NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HICKORY COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM...



AT 355 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD INDICATED

A CLUSTER OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRUMAN AND STOCKTON LAKES EAST TO

HERMITAGE...BUFFALO...AND DIXON. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST

AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN HICKORY COUNTY JUST WEST OF

HERMITAGE.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 TO 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREA SINCE 11 PM. ISOLATED

HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN HICKORY

AND NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTIES. THE FLOODING OF ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED

IN HICKORY COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 123 SOUTH OF WEAUBLEAU AND IN THE

WHEATLAND AREA.



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE

AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO

ADDITIONAL PONDING OR MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND WILL WORSEN

ALREADY EXISTING FLOODING.



IF TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA TONIGHT...USE EXTREME CAUTION. IF

CAMPING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT

SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF HIGH AND RAPIDLY

FLOWING WATER. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE

DITCHES.



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