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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

725 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM

CDT...



AT 725 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CENTERED NEAR HICKORIA. SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING...NEARLY 8 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF HICKORIA. RAINFALL RATES 

ARE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS CLAY COUNTY AND SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAIN 

AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.



CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 945 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  HICKORIA...MCDOUGAL...CORNING...KNOBEL AND CANTWELL.



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OF OCCURRING. 

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RESIDENTS SHOULD

ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN 

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. 

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