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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

845 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR WRIGHT...

LACLEDE AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND 

TWO INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF DALLAS AND LACLEDE COUNTIES.  IN 

ADDITION...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN WERE ESTIMATED ACROSS 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST WRIGHT COUNTY.



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...LEBANON...MANSFIELD...HARTVILLE...BUFFALO...WINDYVILLE...

TWIN BRIDGES...TUNAS...SLEEPER...PUMPKIN CENTER...PLAD AND 

PHILLIPSBURG.



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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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