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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

545 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR OZARK

COUNTY...



AT 540 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS CONTINUED ACROSS 

OZARK COUNTY. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY T IN SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY 

HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

THAT FELL TODAY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN 

CONTINUED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3681 9279 3649 9276 3653 9214 3681 9214



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