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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

315 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR HICKORY

COUNTY...



AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

HERMITAGE TO NEAR OSCEOLA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM NEAR 

HARPER TO NEAR HERMITAGE. 



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... 

WHEATLAND...HERMITAGE...AND QUINCY.



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 3780 9359 3791 9359 3792 9353 3807 9352

          3807 9306 3790 9307 3790 9319 3779 9319



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