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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

217 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



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

COUNTY...



AT 210 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS NEWTON COUNTY WITH SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING IN NEOSHO 

WHERE SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HOMES WERE FLOODED. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM SOUTHWEST TO 

NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NEWTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEOSHO.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE BACK 

INTO NEWTON COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL.  ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING AND AGGRAVATE ALREADY 

FLOODED STREAMS. 



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

ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO AND GRANBY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3703 9414 3677 9413 3677 9459 3703 9459



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