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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1128 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN DENT 

COUNTY...



AT 1115 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 32 

EAST OF SALEM FLOODED WITH ALMOST A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE 

ROADWAY IN SOME PLACE EAST OF TOWN. ALSO NUMEROUS LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A BROAD AREA OF THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN DENT COUNTY SINCE 8 

PM WITH LOCALLY FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES IN EXTREME EASTERN DENT COUNTY 

NEAR BOSS. 



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF THE 

COUNTY...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...SALEM...STONE 

HILL...SLIGO...LENOX...LECOMA...LAKE SPRING...HOWES 

MILL...HOWES...BOSS...BANGERT AND ANUTT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3755 9119 3758 9177 3778 9181 3777 9145

          3778 9133 3770 9116



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