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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

500 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS

COUNTY...



AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY. 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

6 PM.



THE COMBINATION OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO 

COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING 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...CABOOL...SOLO...SIMMONS...ELK CREEK...AND CLEAR SPRINGS. 

THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG HIGHWAYS 60 AND 63.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3731 9226 3705 9226 3705 9168 3729 9167



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