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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

452 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR NEWTON...

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

SOUTHEASTERN DADE AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 500 AM CDT...THE TORRENTIAL RAINS HAD ENDED OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS BETWEEN DIAMOND AND WALNUT 

GROVE. A WEATHER SPOTTER 4 MILES EAST OF MORRISVILLE REPORTED 4.92 

INCHES OF RAIN.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

CONTINUE TO 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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