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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

323 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD

COUNTY...



AT 320 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON BACK ROADS ALONG BUTLER CREEK NEAR NOEL.  



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

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BIG AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...AND 

BUTLER CREEK. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG INDIAN CREEK. THESE 

FLOOD WATERS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR NOEL...PINEVILLE...AND POWELL. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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