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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1012 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR

SOUTHWESTERN POLK...DADE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...

AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1007 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD INDICATED

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION NEAR

CAMDENTON EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVER MOUNT VERNON...JOPLIN...AND

NEOSHO. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO OCCUR FROM JUST WEST OF

GREENFIELD TO THE JOPLIN AND NEOSHO AREAS. ISOLATED AREAS FROM

NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY INTO EASTERN JASPER COUNTY HAVE SEEN

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR SINCE 9 AM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN IS MOVING INTO NEWTON COUNTY AS WELL. SOME AREAS IN THE WARNING

AREA WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH NOON.



OVERALL...RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM SINCE LAST NIGHT HAS RANGED FROM

3 TO 6 INCHES FROM NORTHWEST NEWTON COUNTY AND THE JOPLIN AREA...

NORTHEAST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TO JUST SOUTH OF

BOLIVAR. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING OF SECONDARY

ROADS THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS HAVE SEEN SOME RECEDING OF

FLOOD WATERS THIS MORNING...FLOODING CONTINUES IN MANY AREAS.



THE LITTLE SAC RIVER NEAR MORRISVILLE REMAINS FLOODED...WITH

HIGHWAY W CLOSED IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. A BRIDGE WAS DAMAGED DUE

TO FLOOD WATERS AT HIGHWAYS 28 AND 51 NEAR WALNUT GROVE IN NORTHWEST

GREENE COUNTY.



FLOODING WILL REMAIN ONGOING THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

WORSEN THE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS

OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. RAPIDLY RISING WATER

CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER

GROUND.



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