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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

437 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SHANNON

COUNTY...



AT 435 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAS ENDED IN SHANNON COUNTY...WITH LEFT OVER SHOWERS EAST OF 

EMINENCE AND NEAR WINONA. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL END BY 530 PM. 



ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED...RAINFALL TOTALS 

OF TWO TO THREE INCHES FELL BETWEEN BIRCH TREE...SUMMERSVILLE AND 

MOUNTAIN VIEW. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES FELL 

NEAR TERESITA AND MONTIER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE AREA 

SINCE 3 PM WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF ROADWAYS ALONG THE SPRING 

CREEK AND THE JACKS FORK RIVER.



REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO 

CROSS SAFELY. 



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