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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004



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

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR DADE COUNTY...



AT 4 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS 

NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SINCE LATE THURSDAY EVENING RANGED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN 

NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY BETWEEN RED OAK AND MOUNT VERNON.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FELL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST DADE COUNTY 

FROM JUST EAST OF GREENFIELD TO EVERTON. 



ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE RED OAK...EVERTON...AND SURROUNDING 

AREAS. 



STREAMS LIKELY AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY 

INCLUDE 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. 



STREAMS LIKELY AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST DADE COUNTY INCLUDE 

SINKING CREEK AND LUMLEY BRANCH.



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 3747 9365 3700 9367 3701 9406 3727 9404

          3730 9389 3744 9387



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