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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

924 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



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

OZARK AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 915 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE SHOWERS HAD DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES FELL OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 

BAKERSFIELD...TECUMSEH...AND CAULFIELD BETWEEN 530 AND 730 PM. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORT THAT FLOOD WATERS HAD RECEDED 

IN BAKERSFIELD WHERE SEVERAL HOMES HAD BEEN FLOODED. THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY O AND 101 NEAR BAKERSFIELD REMAINED FLOODED. 

IN ADDITION...SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS LIKELY 

REMAIN FLOODED IN FAR SOUTHWEST HOWELL AND SOUTHEAST OZARK COUNTIES. 



CAMPERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES OF 

THE NORTH FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER.  



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3661 9202 3651 9201 3652 9238 3663 9232



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