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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

549 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LACLEDE AND

DALLAS COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD TRAINED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 

MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A BAND OF 

THREE TO FIVE INCHES FELL OVER RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN DALLAS AND 

CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTIES.  



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...LEBANON...BUFFALO...TUNAS.



AT 515...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING 

WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BUFFALO AND LEBANON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3787 9268 3782 9262 3779 9255 3781 9244

          3773 9244 3752 9229 3751 9317 3788 9313



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