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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1259 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR SHANNON

COUNTY...



AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD 

INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS SHANNON COUNTY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO THE NORTH AND 

SOUTH...AND MAY STILL AFFECT SHANNON COUNTY OVERNIGHT. RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN 

SHANNON COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING...AFFECTING THE AREA BETWEEN EMINENCE 

AND WINONA.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3692 9166 3689 9124 3735 9122 3736 9165



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