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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

631 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR VERNON

COUNTY...



AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS OVER VERNON COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS NOT 

COMPLETE FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN 

PORTIONS OF VERNON COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL NEAR 

THE DOUGLAS BRANCH OF THE MARMATON RIVER...ALONG WITH THE OLD TOWN 

BRANCH. SOME COMMUNITIES WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

ARE...DEERFIELD...METZ AND HORTON. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



&&



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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JLT

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