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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

405 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004



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

UNTIL 930 PM FOR DADE COUNTY...



AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR LOCKWOOD. IN 

ADDITION...A LOCAL OBSERVER INDICATED 3.57 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

LOCKWOOD SINCE 230 PM. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE BEGINNING TO 

FLOOD...AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INDICATED THAT HIGHWAY 97 

NEAR LOCKWOOD WAS FLOODED. ALSO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF 

STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF MOUNT VERNON. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WAS INCOMPLETE AND 

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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