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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

257 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



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

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

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN 

INCH MAY FALL IN THESE COUNTIES BEFORE 6 AM. WEBSTER COUNTY WARNING 

WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS MORNING DUE TO FLOODING 

CONDITIONS CONTINUING. 



ONLY RECENT REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INDICATED THAT 

ABOUT 50 COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE TRAPPED BY HIGH WATER NORTH OF 

HARTVILLE...ALONG LAKE FREDDIE ROAD...IN WRIGHT COUNTY. OTHER 

FLOODING IN WEBSTER AND SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY CONTINUES. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3749 9228 3706 9226 3710 9362 3742 9364



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