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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

100 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR 

MCDONALD...OZARK...TANEY...BARRY...STONE AND HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 1245 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER OZARK...HOWELL AND TANEY COUNTIES. 

HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE TENTH TO ONE 

QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCALLY ONE HALF INCH TOTALS OVER A BROAD AREA 

OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI BETWEEN ANDERSON...CASSVILLE....BRANSON AND 

WEST PLAINS. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREAS THROUGH 4 AM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE WESTERN EDGE 

OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM OVER 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE INDICATED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS OVER SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY 142 ARE EITHER 

FLOODED OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 



IN OZARK COUNTY...OFFICERS REPORTED HIGHWAY T...5 MILES EAST OF 

ROUTE 5 HAD TWO FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. 



IN TANEY COUNTY...OFFICERS REPORTED HIGHWAY 176 NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH 

WAS FLOODED. 



EVEN AS THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3675 9459 3648 9458 3649 9168 3706 9164

          3706 9209 3681 9207 3680 9335 3697 9333

          3693 9362 3694 9406 3677 9408



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