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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

420 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR OZARK...

OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...PULASKI AND

PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 413 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN 

PART OF THE WARNED AREA. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 3 PM 

ACROSS OZARK AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL 

EXTENDED WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE 

WARNED AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL 

IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED TWO TO THREE INCH TOTALS IN 

SHANNON...HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTIES. 



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT OCCURRED IN HOWELL...OREGON OR 

SHANNON COUNTIES SINCE AROUND NOON...PREVIOUS RAINFALL TOTALS OF 

THREE TO FIVE INCHES EARLY TODAY...WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING IN THESE AREAS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 6 

PM.  



ALSO REMEMBER THAT EARLIER RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH ARE ALREADY 

BANK FULL OR OVER THEIR BANKS. 



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.



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 3805 9154 3758 9112 3649 9110 3651 9280

          3705 9288 3708 9223 3764 9224 3801 9243



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