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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

449 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR BENTON

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 THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER  

PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA 

INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 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 3850 9309 3810 9310 3812 9350 3851 9350



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