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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

929 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003



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

COUNTY...



AT 910 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTY CONTINUE 

TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 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...

ST. ELIZABETH...IBERIA...ELDON...ULMAN...TUSCUMBIA...SAINT

ELIZABETH...MARYS HOME...ETTERVILLE...BRUMLEY...BAGNELL AND AURORA

SPRINGS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

FLOODING...WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED.



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 3834 9222 3803 9220 3807 9252 3828 9266

          3841 9262



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