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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

540 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE

COUNTIES...



AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD PUSHED THROUGH BOTH BARRY 

AND STONE COUNTIES AND PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN. 



ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 730 PM.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ADD TO THE 

RUNOFF FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BARRY COUNTY REPORTED THAT SOUTH STREET   

IN MONETT IS FLOODED. ALSO...KELLY CREEK IN MONETT HAS REACHED       

BANKFULL LEVEL AND WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND COULD AFFECT   

BUSINESSES NEAR THE CREEK. ALSO...MANY STREETS IN FAIRVIEW ARE ALSO 

UNDER WATER. 



ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF REEDS SPRING.  

HOLTWOOD ROAD ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF REED SPRINGS IS CLOSED.  RAILEY 

CREEK ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED AND WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 160 

NEAR REEDS SPRING.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3698 9336 3682 9335 3682 9331 3650 9332

          3652 9408 3692 9406 3694 9364 3700 9363

          3699 9342



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