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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

700 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CDT FOR BENTON AND 

MORGAN COUNTIES...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES HAD 

FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST BENTON 

COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF PALO PINTO.  FURTHER SOUTH...RADAR ESTIMATED A 

BAND OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH AMOUNTS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL 

BENTON COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL  

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT ONE 

TO TWO HOURS.  SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

RAINFALL...BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS THIS MORNING.  RUNOFF FROM THE 

RAINFALL WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS UNTIL 

MIDDAY. 



&&



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3858 9287 3843 9266 3824 9274 3822 9305

          3809 9311 3811 9350 3854 9350 3853 9305

          3868 9304 3868 9288



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