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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1117 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NEWTON AND

JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES 

WAS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.  

THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE RUNOFF FLOODING THREAT 

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND 

INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT.



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 3736 9410 3729 9410 3729 9406 3676 9408

          3678 9462 3737 9463



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