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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1206 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE

COUNTIES...



AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ABOUT 

TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.  THIS AREA OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM EARLIER 

HEAVY RAINFALL.  



FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS 

ACROSS BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 

POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO SATURDAY 

MORNING WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FLOODING.



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 3699 9335 3682 9336 3682 9333 3651 9333

          3652 9407 3692 9406 3692 9362 3699 9361



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