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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

400 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAS 

BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 4 PM. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY 

TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.  WHILE AN ADDITIONAL 

QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...FLOODING IS NO LONGER 

CONSIDERED A WIDESPREAD THREAT. 



LOW WATER CROSSINGS...SMALL CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL GRADUALLY 

RECEDE OVERNIGHT. 



THOSE TRAVELLING TO THE SOUTH INTO ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA 

SHOULD BE AWARE THAT HEAVY RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS THIS REGION.  PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN 

ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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