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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1136 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN STONE

COUNTY...



AT 1131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN STONE COUNTY.



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...

REEDS SPRING...GALENA...CRANE...PONCE DE LEON...HURLEY...ELSEY AND

CAPE FAIR.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAYS

IN BOTH GALENA AND HURLEY OF STONE COUNTY.  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED

TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS AS STORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY.  AN

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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 3699 9335 3682 9334 3681 9331 3669 9332

          3669 9359 3682 9359 3682 9362 3699 9362



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