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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

615 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PULASKI... 

LACLEDE...AND DADE COUNTIES...UNTIL 800 PM FOR PHELPS COUNTY...UNTIL 

830 PM FOR BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON...MCDONALD...AND CEDAR 

COUNTIES...UNTIL 900 PM FOR DENT...NORTHERN WRIGHT...AND NORTHERN 

TEXAS COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 1000 PM FOR CAMDEN AND DALLAS COUNTIES. 



AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN...PRIMARILY IN A SWATH FROM JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO... 

NORTHEASTWARD TO BOLIVAR...AND ON TO ROLLA. 



EXTENSIVE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN POLK COUNTY WHERE 

NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

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

STREAMS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... STOCKTON...ROLLA...OSAGE 

BEACH...NEOSHO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...FORT LEONARD 

WOOD...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR...AND WEBB CITY. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND WELL BACK INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND 

OKLAHOMA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. 

EXISTING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED BY A 

WIDESPREAD FLOOD WARNING ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF THE OZARKS...AND 

LASTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. 



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.



LAT...LON 3743 9125 3735 9225 3733 9266 3749 9269

          3749 9306 3743 9319 3744 9363 3729 9367

          3734 9406 3653 9407 3650 9460 3767 9463

          3764 9411 3792 9410 3779 9320 3793 9310

          3824 9305 3821 9266 3802 9253 3801 9203

          3816 9155 3779 9154 3769 9119



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