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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

928 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR MCDONALD...

BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT 

THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 43 AND 90...JUST NORTH OF SOUTHWEST 

CITY...IN MCDONALD COUNTY. ROADS IN NEOSHO WERE ALSO FLOODED..BUT 

WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND 

ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. 



IF RAINFALL DOES NOT REDEVELOP OVER THE WARNING AREA BY LATE 

MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED BEFORE 

100 PM. 



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 3684 9365 3653 9362 3655 9458 3705 9462



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