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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

638 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD

COUNTY...



AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 

MOVED OUT OF MCDONALD COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE 5 AM. THIS RAINFALL FELL ACROSS AN AREA THAT 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER WAS ALREADY FLOWING OVER SOME 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS FROM THE RAINFALL THAT FELL TUESDAY.  THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT 

WATER LEVEL RISES ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3672 9463 3651 9462 3651 9410 3658 9410

          3671 9412



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