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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1235 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR NEWTON

COUNTY...



AT 1226 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

SERIOUS FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF NEOSHO. THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 2 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN 

PORTION OF NEWTON COUNTY...BUT A STEADY RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE 

REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY BEHIND THE INITIAL STORMS. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FROM SOUTHWEST TO 

NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY...AND OVER NEOSHO SINCE 9 PM. STORM TOTAL 

RAINFALL SINCE THIS AFTERNOON HAS TOTALED 3 TO 6 INCHES IN PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR... 

ESPECIALLY ALONG STREAMS AND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO... 

GRANBY...AND RITCHEY.  THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 



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 3704 9413 3677 9406 3676 9454 3703 9458



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