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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

343 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE 

COUNTY...AND UNTIL 930 PM FOR DADE COUNTY...



AT 345 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON...AND FLASH FLOODING IN 

LOCKWOOD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

LOCALLY...THE SOUTH PRONG...HORSE AND LOUSY CREEKS AROUND LOCKWOOD 

WILL BE RISING RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE LOCATED 

ALONG THESE CREEKS...BE AWARE OF RISING WATER AND FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

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



&&



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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JLT

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