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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1212 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY WILL BE REPLACED 

WITH A FLOOD WARNING OVERNIGHT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM FOR MILLER COUNTY AND 

UNTIL 300 AM FOR MARIES COUNTY...



AT 1215 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED IN THE CLIMAX SPRINGS AREA OF NORTHWEST 

CAMDEN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT 

RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS WARNED AREA WITH LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING 

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RESULT IN FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3793 9304 3788 9249 3802 9237 3808 9161

          3836 9184 3849 9255 3823 9273 3820 9307



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