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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

437 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR OREGON AND 

HOWELL COUNTIES...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT HOWELL CREEK AND OTHER SMALLER 

CREEKS AROUND WEST PLAINS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MOST OF THE FLOOD 

WATERS WILL DRAIN TOWARD THE KOSHKONONG AND THAYER AREAS BY LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON. 



EXPECT FLOODING TO CONTINUE ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



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TERRY

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