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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1247 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



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

COUNTY...630 AM FOR GREENE COUNTY AND 600 AM FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...



AT 1245 AM CDT...LOCAL SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE 

GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GREENE 

COUNTY NEAR TURNERS... AND SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY BETWEEN FORDLAND 

AND SEYMOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE 

AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES SINCE 

FRIDAY EVENING...WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. 



IN ADDITION...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...SPRINGFIELD...WILLARD...WALNUT 

GROVE...STRAFFORD...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...REPUBLIC...NORWOOD...NIAN

GUA...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MARSHFIELD AND MANSFIELD.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY Z NEAR FORDLAND...BETWEEN 

DIGGINS AND SEYMOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 60...AND NEAR TURNERS IN SOUTHEAST 

GREENE COUNTY. 



REMEMBER...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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3710 9361 3741 9360 3740 9307 3745 9307

          3747 9227 3708 9226



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