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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

117 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR NEWTON

COUNTY...



AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SENECA TO NEOSHO TO 

GRANBY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS...AND RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. 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...NEOSHO...GRANBY...AND RACINE.



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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.



LAT...LON 3704 9409 3677 9411 3679 9460 3705 9460



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