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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

930 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING 

ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY 

OCCURRED THIS EVENING WITH PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS.  THE ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THE CURRENT STORMS WILL CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FLOODING TO OCCUR.



AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 

PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.



EARLIER FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWNS OF MONETT AND FREISTATT 

AND THE CURRENT STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THESE AREAS.



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 3728 9362 3723 9363 3715 9363 3702 9364

          3694 9364 3695 9406 3728 9406



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