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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

545 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



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

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

SOUTHEASTERN DADE AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN

SPRINGFIELD CONTINUED TO SHOW NO RAINFALL IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN...WITH ISOLATED

6 INCH AMOUNTS BETWEEN DIAMOND AND WALNUT GROVE. AN OFF DUTY WEATHER

SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED 4.75 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR ASH GROVE MISSOURI

IN NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY.



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.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST

KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA AFTER 7 AM. THE ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REQUIRE THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE EXTENDED

IN TIME.



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