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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

407 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR NEWTON...

NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...NORTHWESTERN GREENE...

SOUTHEASTERN DADE AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 402 AM CDT...A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM NEAR ASH GROVE...NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR 

PLEASANT HOPE. THE BAND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...AND INDIVIDUAL 

STORMS WERE MOVING ALONG IT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

WITH THIS BAND...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS BETWEEN DIAMOND AND 

WALNUT GROVE.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SARCOXIE...MILLER...EVERTON...RED OAK...PENNSBORO...LA 

RUSSELL AND WALNUT GROVE.



NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN NEOSHO DUE TO FLOODING...AND 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAYS 96 AND 39 IN LAWRENCE AND 

DADE COUNTIES. A LOW WATER BRIDGE WAS REPORTED FLOODED IN EVERTON AS 

WELL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3694 9462 3676 9461 3677 9410 3708 9406

          3727 9361 3744 9319 3773 9319 3763 9357



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