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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

337 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR WESTERN 

TANEY...STONE...WESTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...AND 

WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...UNTIL 530 AM FOR DADE AND NORTHEASTERN 

BARTON COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 430 AM FOR VERNON COUNTY. 



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR RICHARDS IN VERNON COUNTY...TO 

MILFORD IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTWARD TO JUST NORTHWEST OF 

BRANSON.

 

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...

BRANSON...WALNUT GROVE...REPUBLIC...REEDS SPRING...MILLER...

MARIONVILLE...LOCKWOOD...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT...

HOLLISTER...GREENFIELD AND GALENA.



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 3758 9363 3651 9314 3649 9350 3691 9360

          3744 9409 3753 9420 3765 9439 3766 9409

          3760 9410



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