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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

114 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR JASPER 

COUNTY...



AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL 

PORTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH 2 AM...AND 

PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ...WEBB CITY... 

CARTHAGE...CARL JUNCTION...REEDS...AND FIDELITY.



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 3732 9416 3709 9414 3709 9458 3735 9459



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