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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1115 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN

LACLEDE...PULASKI...PHELPS AND SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...



AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

MAJORITY OF THE FLOODING HAS ENDED...HOWEVER SEVERAL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ARE CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS NEAR STOUTLAND IN SOUTHERN 

CAMDEN AND NORTHERN LACLEDE COUNTIES. EARLIER REPORTS OF FLOODING 

NEAR ROLLA AT THE BEAVER MANOR COMMUNITY HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF 

IS NOT COMPLETE IN THESE AREAS SO MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE  AS 

NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE BANK FULL. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNED AREA RANGES FROM NEAR FOUR INCHES 

AROUND THE TOWNS OF RICHLAND AND STOUTLAND...TO A BROAD AREA OF 

THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES FROM NORTHERN LACLEDE TO SOUTHWEST 

PHELPS COUNTY. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP STREAMS AND CREEKS RUNNING HIGH 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RUNOFF IS COMPLETE. 



REMEMBER 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.



LAT...LON 3801 9234 3806 9167 3815 9154 3780 9154

          3780 9181 3762 9183 3764 9283 3789 9286

          3807 9300



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