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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

200 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR GREENE...600 

AM FOR WRIGHT...AND 345 AM FOR WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 145 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT WEBSTER COUNTY. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN FLOODING 

REPORTS IN SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY AND WRIGHT COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 3 

AM...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS AFTER 

3 AM. 



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...STRAFFORD...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...MARSHFIELD...

MANSFIELD AND HARTVILLE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS FLOWING OVER 

HIGHWAY A BRIDGE SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY B ALONG 

PANTHER CREEK IN SOUTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTY. 



HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN DIGGINS AND SEYMOUR REMAINS FLOODED. 



ALSO...NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE JAMES 

RIVER IN SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY ARE FLOODING OR WILL BE FLOODING 

SOON. 



NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE COME FROM WRIGHT COUNTY...HOWEVER LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BELIEVE THAT NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WESTERN PART OF WRIGHT COUNTY. 



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 3749 9227 3707 9231 3710 9364 3743 9365



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