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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

422 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...UNTIL 930 AM FOR MCDONALD COUNTY...AND UNTIL 

1000 AM FOR STONE...TANEY...OZARK...HOWELL...AND OREGON COUNTIES. 



AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE FROM JUST SOUTH OF 

NEOSHO TO NEAR WEST PLAINS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH OVER 4 INCHES IN 

SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN BARRY...CENTRAL TEXAS...AND NORTHERN 

SHANNON COUNTIES. 



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...WEST 

PLAINS...OZARK...NEOSHO...MOUNT VERNON...MONETT...JOPLIN... 

HOUSTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...BRANSON...AVA...WINONA AND WILLOW 

SPRINGS.



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 9310

          3748 9226 3763 9225 3772 9241 3801 9240

          3801 9204 3762 9201 3760 9183 3778 9176

          3770 9123 3691 9123 3651 9113 3652 9159

          3651 9192 3652 9252 3649 9313 3652 9347

          3651 9359 3650 9460 3735 9462



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