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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

217 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OZARK...

OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS AND SHANNON COUNTIES...



AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 12 PM...WITH 

A TOTAL OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OREGON COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. 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...WEST PLAINS...AVA...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...

MOUNTAIN VIEW...GAINESVILLE...EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE...BAKERSFIELD...

ALTON AND ZANONI.



MANY ROADS IN OZARK COUNTY ARE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

COUNTY ROADS 883 AND 873 WERE CLOSED NEAR THORNFIELD. HIGHWAY 351 

IN CALDFIELD WAS ALSO CLOSED.  WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 95 

JUST SOUTH OF WASOLA.



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 3740 9121 3739 9162 3701 9166 3704 9287

          3678 9274 3651 9275 3650 9114



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