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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

349 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR OZARK...

OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH 

PER HOUR LIKELY. PORTIONS OF HOWELL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY WILL 

LIKELY SEE ANOTHER INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN BETWEEN 330 AM 

AND 5 AM. FURTHER EAST IN OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES ADDITIONAL  

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER 5 AM. BETWEEN 330 AM AND 5 AM IN 

SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES AN ADDITION ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED.



THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LEADING TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADWAYS UNDER WATER 

AND CLOSED. LOW WATER CROSSING IN WEST PLAINS ARE INUNDATED WITH 

WATER. ON HIGHWAY W NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW WATER 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER 

WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. AT AROUND 215 AM...A CAR WAS WASHED 

OFF COUNTY ROAD 3030 IN HOWELL COUNTY.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF IN DOUGLAS AND OZARK 

COUNTIES THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE. RAIN WILL ALSO BEGIN TO 

TAPER OFF IN TEXAS AND HOWELL COUNTIES BEFORE 5 AM. EVEN AFTER THE 

RAIN STOPS THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING.



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LAT...LON 3706 9289 3704 9226 3728 9224 3766 9176

          3742 9177 3740 9111 3682 9123 3649 9115

          3650 9277



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