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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

459 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PHELPS AND

MARIES COUNTIES...



AT 455 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THAT MOST OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL ACROSS PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES EARLIER 

TONIGHT HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH.  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WAS 

STILL OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY.



ANY STANDING WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE DURING THE NEXT 3 HOURS 

THROUGH 8 AM...AS THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END.  UNTIL THAT 

TIME...LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED AND DANGEROUS.



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.



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 3829 9165 3816 9165 3816 9153 3781 9155

          3781 9184 3761 9184 3761 9204 3787 9203

          3801 9204 3802 9218 3829 9219



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