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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1204 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY...



AT 1150 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNING AREA. RADAR RAINFALL RATES

ARE GENERALLY DECREASING...BUT THEY HAVE REMAINED HIGH IN THE POMONA

AREA SINCE 1100 AM WHERE RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN 1.5 INCHES PER

HOUR. TOTAL RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM HAS RANGED FROM 2 TO

3.5 INCHES IN THE WEST PLAINS...LANTON...AND MOODY AREAS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN WEST

PLAINS AS OF 1130 AM.



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 3691 9168 3651 9169 3651 9211 3692 9210



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