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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

910 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

SHANNON COUNTY...



AT 900 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT OVER 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF SHANNON COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE REDEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF 

THE WARNING AREA...BRINGING CONTINUED EPISODES OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO 

SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL

CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...WINONA...BIRCH TREE...TERESITA AND MONTIER.



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. 



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TERRY

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