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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1035 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DALLAS...LACLEDE AND WRIGHT

COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...



AT 1035 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HOURLY 

RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY.  

TO THE NORTH...HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED OVER NORTHERN 

WRIGHT...LACLEDE...AND DALLLAS COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THE EVENING 

RAIN WILL LIKELY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS OTHER 

LOW-LYING AREAS.



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.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



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