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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

435 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GREENE 

COUNTY...



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF 

SPRINGFIELD AND IN GREENE COUNTY. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

OBSERVER REPORTED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES WITH THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS.



ALSO...REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA INDICATE THAT SEVERAL WATER 

RESCUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS 

IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT DRIVE 

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS STANDING ON ROADWAYS. UNDER PASSES FLOOD 

QUICKLY...PAY PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTENTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH 

UNDER PASSES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 

VEHICLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3737 9361 3715 9359 3717 9309 3736 9311



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