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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

454 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI



UNTIL 1015 PM.



AT 420 PM...BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

LOW WATER CROSSING ON A SECONDARY ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO 

FLOODING. WATER WAS REPORTED IN A COUPLE OF HOUSES. CREEKS WERE 

REPORTED TO BE AT BANKFULL AND STILL RISING. AT THE POPLAR BLUFF 

AIRPORT...AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. 



THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES TO BE GENERALLY 

AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE WATER 

LEVELS.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE CURRENT CAN 

EASILY SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.



STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.

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