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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

351 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR 

PULASKI...DENT AND TEXAS COUNTIES...UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR JASPER 

COUNTY...UNTIL 800 AM FOR WEBSTER COUNTY...UNTIL 830 AM FOR 

NEWTON...SHANNON...AND BARRY COUNTIES...UNTIL 900 AM FOR CHRISTIAN 

AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 930 AM FOR MCDONALD COUNTY. 



AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...WITH 

LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

OZARK...NEOSHO...MOUNT VERNON...MONETT...JOPLIN...HOUSTON...FORT

LEONARD WOOD...AVA...WINONA...WHEATON...WEBB CITY AND WAYNESVILLE.



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 3729 9364 3709 9362 3710 9309 3747 9309

          3748 9226 3763 9225 3772 9241 3801 9240

          3801 9204 3762 9201 3760 9183 3778 9176

          3770 9123 3691 9123 3705 9166 3707 9203

          3681 9210 3683 9333 3701 9335 3698 9362

          3651 9359 3650 9460 3735 9462



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