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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1145 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

HOWELL...SOUTHERN SHANNON AND SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST HOWELL COUNTY 

SINCE 830 AM. REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE MEDIA INCLUDE A RAINFALL 

REPORT OF 3.7 INCHES IN MOUNTAIN VIEW...AND HIGHWAY 17 CLOSING JUST 

EAST OF WILLOW SPRINGS DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER THE 

WARNING AREA SINCE 1115 AM. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL RECEIVED THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND 

NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...MOUNTAIN 

VIEW...BIRCH TREE...TERESITA...PINE CREST...MONTIER...ELK 

CREEK...CLEAR SPRINGS AND ARROLL.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH 

MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS. ALSO...THE ROAD MAY HAVE 

BEEN WASHED OUT BY RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3704 9127 3691 9126 3691 9198 3723 9205



TERRY

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