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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1200 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR EASTERN 

MARIES COUNTY...AND UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A VIENNA TO ROLLA LINE. THIS 

INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER...BOURBEUSE RIVER...AND 

SPRING CREEK.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL HAS NOT YET COMPLETED. FLASH FLOOD IS LIKELY STILL ONGOING 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOCATIONS WHERE 

YOU CANNOT DETERMINE THE WATER DEPTH. DIPS...LOW SPOTS...AND LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE AFFECTED 

ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3832 9166 3821 9165 3818 9157 3778 9154

          3779 9185 3833 9218



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