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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

734 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF LAWRENCE 

COUNTY.  HOWEVER ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO 

THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHICH WILL ADD TO THE RUNOFF 

FLOODING PROBLEM.  



FLOODING WAS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY AS OF 725 

PM.  FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED IN FREISTATT AND ALSO MONETT.  



MORE STORMS WILL PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND INTO 

SOUTHERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT AND WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



REMEMBER TO NEVER 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 3728 9363 3693 9364 3694 9405 3728 9406



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