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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

622 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE

COUNTY...



AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PUSHING 

ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN 

INCH TO INCH AND A HALF THROUGH 730 PM.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL OCCUR ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE 

RUNOFF FLOODING TO DEVELOP. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

MOUNT VERNON...VERONA...PIERCE 

CITY...MILLER...MARIONVILLE...AURORA...STOTTS CITY...FREISTATT AND 

CHESAPEAKE.



REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE TOWN OF 

FREISTATT.



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 3727 9363 3693 9364 3694 9406 3728 9405



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