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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

500 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...AND UNTIL 630 PM FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY. 



AT 450 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS AND 

WESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL 

OCCURRED. AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EXPECT 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR CLEAR 

SPRINGS...SUMMERSVILLE...POMONA AND WEST PLAINS...WITH LESSER 

AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 



ALTHOUGH PARTS OF SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES HAVE NOT RECEIVED 

RAINFALL SINCE NOON TODAY...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO YOUR 

AREA BY 6 PM...AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. AS OF 445 

PM...HIGHWAY 63 NEAR SIMMONS...OR SOUTH OF HOUSTON WAS FLOODING AND 

CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. PLEASE TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE 

IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE RUNOFF IS COMPLETE. 



IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED...HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE 

WATER FLOWING OVER THEM...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN 

BILLINGS AND OZARK. 



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 3708 9348 3707 9225 3765 9225 3769 9233

          3796 9239 3802 9197



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