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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

656 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



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

COUNTIES...



AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WERE 

BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY.



THIS SCATTERED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDS 

WELL BACK INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO 

SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF WILL BE POSSIBLE 

WITH THIS NEXT WAVE OF HEAVY RAIN AND WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING 

ALREADY OCCURING.



FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN THE TOWNS OF REED SPRINGS AND MONETT 

IN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES AND WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT 

ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE TOWNS OF CASSVILLE...RIDGLEY...WASHBURN 

AND SELIGMAN.



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 3699 9336 3682 9335 3682 9331 3651 9334

          3650 9408 3693 9406 3694 9363 3699 9361



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