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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1241 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 1236 AM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND DIGGINS. ALSO 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY Z NEAR FORDLAND. 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA AND DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY. SOME ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN NEAR DIGGINS SINCE 7 PM. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 

...CREATING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS OVERNIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...NIANGUA...MARSHFIELD...FORDLAND...

DIGGINS...NORTHVIEW AND ELKLAND.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3745 9268 3708 9267 3708 9309 3746 9309



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