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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

530 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR HOWELL AND 

TEXAS COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR OREGON 

COUNTY...



AT 409 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTH 

ALONG A LINE FROM FORT LEONDARD WOOD TO SUMMERSVILLE TO THAYER. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ANOTHER ONE TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING WEST PLAINS... 

HOUSTON...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...RAYMONDVILLE...MOUNTAIN 

VIEW...LICKING...CABOOL...ALTON...YUKON...WILDERNESS AND WHITE 

CHURCH. PERSONS ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITES ALONG THE OZARK 

NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS ARE URGED TO AVOID RIVERS...CREEKS...AND 

STREAMS IN THE REGION...INCLUDING THE BIG PINEY...ELEVEN POINT...AND 

JACKS FORK RIVERS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH SUNRISE WHEN DARKNESS MAKES IT EVEN 

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. PLEASE 

REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3705 9210 3706 9226 3761 9226 3761 9176

          3743 9175 3743 9164 3689 9167 3685 9117

          3649 9112 3647 9212



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