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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

615 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



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

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

AND PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT 

COMMUNITIES BETWEEN AKERS AND EMINENCE IN NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY 

AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS AROUND ROBY AND SUCCESS THROUGH 

8 PM. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE TENTH TO 

ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. 



ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...THE BIG PINEY AND GASCONADE RIVERS ARE ALSO RUNNING VERY HIGH 

AND CAUSING PROBLEMS OR CLOSERS ALONG MAJOR ROUTES IN TEXAS AND 

WRIGHT COUNTIES. REMEMBER...IF YOU COME UPON A CLOSED HIGHWAY...TURN 

AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND UPON IT



EVEN WHEN THE RAINFALL ENDS LATER THIS EVENING...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY 

BE INCOMPLETE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



ALSO...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 3746 9269 3747 9216 3801 9236 3804 9165

          3750 9122 3650 9121 3652 9277



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