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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

218 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR BENTON AND

MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 207 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM NEAR RACKET IN WESTERN BENTON COUNTY 

EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY TO NEAR ROCKY MOUNT. TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA...AND ANOTHER 

INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BY 330 AM. TO THE WEST...MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

ARE FORMING OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL LIKELY MOVE EASTWARD 

INTO BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES BEFORE DAWN.   



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...VERSAILLES...STOVER...LINCOLN...COLE CAMP... ZORA...ROCKY 

MOUNT...RACKET...AND PALO PINTO.



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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 3808 9352 3851 9351 3852 9308 3869 9306

          3868 9285 3859 9285 3843 9264 3824 9271

          3820 9298 3830 9308 3806 9308



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