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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

745 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR OZARK COUNTY... 



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR HOWELL COUNTY...



AT 730 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MANY 

COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED ACROSS OZARK AND 

HOWELL COUNTIES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE... WEST PLAINS...WILLOW SPRINGS...GAINESVILLE...ZANONI... 

WILLHOIT...WHITE CHURCH...UDALL...THORNFIELD...THEODOSIA... 

TECUMSEH...SYCAMORE AND SUNDOWN.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3701 9177 3652 9170 3654 9277 3679 9272

          3676 9215 3699 9205



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