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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

818 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR TEXAS AND DENT 

COUNTIES...



AT 805 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

MONTAUK STATE PARK IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH 

FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR FROM SOUTH OF SALEM TO 

JUST EAST OF HOUSTON. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RAYMONDVILLE 

...TURTLE...STONE HILL...PRESCOTT...MONTAUK...JADWIN... 

HARTSHORN...GLADDEN AND DARIEN...AND AREAS NEAR PIGEON...GLADDEN AND 

BIG CREEKS AND THE CURRENT 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.



LAT...LON 3770 9130 3742 9132 3743 9168 3718 9167

          3740 9209



TERRY

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