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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

413 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR NEWTON

COUNTY...



AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES 

ACROSS CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

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

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

NEOSHO...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SAGINAW...LEAWOOD...

GRANBY...DIAMOND...STARK CITY...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...RITCHEY...

REDINGS MILL AND RACINE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

NEOSHO WHERE SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED.



&&



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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SAW

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