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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

146 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR DENT COUNTY 

AND UNTIL 330 AM FOR PHELPS COUNTY...



AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL DENT COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF UP 

TO ONE INCH IN 30 MINUTES AS THE MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO IN BOTH PHELPS AND DENT COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A NARROW SWATH 

FROM NEAR DOOLITTLE TO HOWES. 



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...DOOLITTLE... 

TURTLE...LECOMA...HOWES...SALEM...AND BANGERT



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 3813 9155 3782 9153 3766 9117 3745 9128

          3743 9175 3760 9176 3763 9202 3802 9204



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