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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

106 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



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

COUNTY...



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

THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

NORTHERN STONE COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO CONTINUE 

TO OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING...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 EARLIER THAT WATER WAS FLOWING 

OVER ROADWAYS IN BOTH GALENA AND HURLEY.  HEAVY RAIN MAY REDEVELOP 

LATER THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



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 3698 9336 3671 9333 3671 9359 3698 9361



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