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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

453 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

CDT...



AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN 

AREA BETWEEN FORT SCOTT AND UNIONTOWN...INCLUDING THE MILL CREEK 

BASIN.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...REDFIELD...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...MARMATON...AND 

PETERSBURG.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE TOWN OF 

DEVON.



BE AWARE OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 54. 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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