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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

135 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES HAD

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

PHELPS...DENT AND TEXAS COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH

CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...



AT 125 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD

CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DIMINISHING AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED

THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD AND

ROLLA. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL CONTINUED TO

DECREASE SINCE MIDNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN

WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FROM TEXAS COUNTY

NORTHEAST TO PHELPS COUNTY SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL

INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE

CURRENT FLOODING SITUATION.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES HAD BEEN

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 130 AM AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE

BEEN SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THOSE COUNTIES.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A

JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE OVERNIGHT. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CANCELLED BY 4 AM.



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