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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

445 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR VERNON

COUNTY...



AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF VERNON COUNTY...WHILE MOST OTHER LOCATIONS 

RANGED FROM ONE INCH TO THREE INCHES THIS AFTERNOON.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA OVER 

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. 



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 3803 9410 3770 9411 3769 9457 3803 9458



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