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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

220 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR NEWTON AND 

LAWRENCE COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR JASPER COUNTY...



AT 2 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAWRENCE COUNTY REPORTED THAT 

COUNTY ROAD 1010 WAS FLOODED...ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 

44 EXIT NUMBER 33 IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. NO OTHER FLOOD REPORTS 

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT.  THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING ALONG HONEY CREEK AND ELM BRANCH BETWEEN MOUNT VERNON AND 

MARIONVILLE. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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