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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

236 AM CST FRI NOV 2 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM

CST FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



AT 235 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF 

MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MOST OF 

CRAWFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INCREASED TO THREE TO FIVE 

INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER FIVE INCHES. 

SOME REPORTING STATIONS HAVE INDICATED OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES 

NEAR PITTSBURG SINCE THE RAINFALL BEGAN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING 

AROUND PITTSBURG...BUT NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR ROAD CLOSURES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY 

AREA THROUGH 4 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO 

CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3767 9509 3715 9509 3716 9463 3767 9462



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KSZ097-101-021030-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

236 AM CST FRI NOV 2 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM

CST FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



AT 235 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF 

MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MOST OF 

CRAWFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INCREASED TO THREE TO FIVE 

INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER FIVE INCHES. 

SOME REPORTING STATIONS HAVE INDICATED OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES 

NEAR PITTSBURG SINCE THE RAINFALL BEGAN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING 

AROUND PITTSBURG...BUT NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR ROAD CLOSURES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY 

AREA THROUGH 4 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO 

CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3767 9509 3715 9509 3716 9463 3767 9462



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