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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1005 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002



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

COUNTY...



AT 955 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE TRACKING FROM 

SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST SHANNON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN 

THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER AREAS 

NEAR BIRCH TREE THROUGH 11 AM.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

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



A VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER NEAR WINONA REPORTED 3.4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL THIS MORNING...AND REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY 

AT CAMPGROUNDS ALONG THE JACKS FORK 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.



LAT...LON 3709 9123 3688 9123 3689 9168 3707 9167



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