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URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

549 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...

TANEY...NEWTON...BARRY...MCDONALD...GREENE...LAWRENCE...STONE AND

CHRISTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



AT 544 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED 

FROM SPRINGFIELD GREENE COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH BRANSON AND 

ANDERSON INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  THE STORMS 

HAVE PRODUCED SCATTERED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 

LATE AFTERNOON...AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY RESULTED IN STREET FLOODING IN 

SPRINGFIELD AND WILL ALSO LEAD TO RISES IN AREAS CREEKS AND FLOOD 

PRONE URBAN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA.



OF ESPECIAL RISK ARE THE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS FOUND 

THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  MOTORISTS VENTURING OUT THIS EVENING 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED CROSSINGS.  REMEMBER THAT FLOODING IS 

ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AFTER DARK.  IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...TURN AROUND AND SEEK A DIFFERENT ROUTE.



MONITOR THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS OVERNIGHT.



LAT...LON 3740 9359 3727 9362 3724 9404 3706 9409

          3702 9456 3670 9465 3650 9460 3655 9335

          3651 9282 3738 9310



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