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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1120 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...



AT 1115 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

CONTINUED ON NUMEROUS ROADS IN NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 

NEAR THE POMONA AREA.  FLOODED ROADS INCLUDED HIGHWAY 17...AND 

COUNTY ROADS N...CC...AND U. 



THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE 

EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AFTER 

MIDNIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN NORTHERN 

HOWELL COUNTY.  



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WAS DIMINISHING...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF 

FLOODING WILL BE OVER HOWELL...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND OZARK...AND 

SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES.  



WATER ON MANY OF THE FLOODED ROADS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. HOWEVER SOME 

STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INCLUDING HOWELL CREEK...AND THE 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER...AND THE ELEVEN 

POINT RIVER. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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