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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1026 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR OZARK...

NORTHEASTERN TANEY...HOWELL...DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 17 AND HIGHWAY 

N SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AND EAST OF POMONA WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER THIS AREA OF NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY.  RAPID RISES AND 

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON SMALL STREMS AND CREEKS...INCLUDING 

HOWELL CREEK...LITTLE CREEK...AND MIDDLE FORK IN HOWELL COUNTY. 



FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY BETWEEN YUKON 

...ELK CREEK AND CLEAR SPRINGS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA.  



THE OVERVALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD 

DECREASED...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3651 9172 3704 9169 3706 9170 3732 9169

          3732 9227 3707 9225 3708 9291 3681 9291

          3668 9287 3669 9281 3652 9277





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