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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

807 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR EASTERN 

GREENE...WEBSTER...POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



AT 803 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN 

DALLAS AND NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES SINCE 7 AM.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 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...PLEASANT HOPE...NIANGUA...MARSHFIELD 

AND FAIR GROVE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3789 9287 3708 9269 3710 9323 3781 9363



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