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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

518 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 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DISSIPATED.  

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 RAINFALL HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT 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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