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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

717 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 

OZARK AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO 

MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA 

BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD...TECUMSEH...AND CAULFIELD SINCE 530 PM. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORT THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED IN FAR SOUTHWEST HOWELL AND 

SOUTHEAST OZARK COUNTIES. 



FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE BAKERSFIELD AND ELIJAH AREAS. RAPID WATER 

LEVEL RISES AND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH 

BRIDGES CREEK...SPRING CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE NORTH 

FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER.  



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3664 9206 3650 9200 3651 9236 3667 9229



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