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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1106 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR WEBSTER

COUNTY...



AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 60 

NEAR DIGGINS...WAS CLOSED ON THE WEST BOUND LANE DUE TO WATER 

FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEBSTER COUNTY...WITH 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OVER FIVE INCHES NEAR DIGGINS SINCE 

7 PM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEBSTER 

COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

PROBLEMS. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3741 9271 3707 9269 3709 9308 3740 9307



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