

000 

WGUS73 KSGF 280720

FFSSGF

MOC109-281100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

220 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR LAWRENCE

COUNTY...



AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

STORMS WERE CONCENTRATED IN AN AREA FROM LA RUSSELL...TO STOTTS 

CITY...MOUNT VERNON...AND FREISTATT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN RED OAK...MILLER...AND 

MOUNT VERNON SINCE LATE THURSDAY EVENING.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH WILL 

INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 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...MOUNT VERNON...MILLER 

...STOTTS CITY...RED OAK...HOBERG...AND FREISTATT.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG STAHL CREEK...DRY FORK...AND 

OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE SPRING RIVER BETWEEN RED OAK AND MOUNT 

VERNON. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR ON WHITE OAK CREEK AND 

ITS TRIBUTARIES NEAR RED OAK. 



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.



LAT...LON 3725 9365 3695 9364 3694 9404 3726 9405



$$



FOSTER

