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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

751 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE

COUNTY...



AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS LAWRENCE 

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS SO FAR THIS EVENING.  

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF LAWRENCE 

COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MOUNT 

VERNON...VERONA...MILLER...MARIONVILLE...AURORA...STOTTS CITY...RED 

OAK...HOBERG...FREISTATT AND CHESAPEAKE.



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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.



LAT...LON 3728 9363 3694 9365 3695 9405 3728 9404



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