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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

354 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 350 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN 

OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...AND COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS. AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND ARE MOST PRONE 

TO FLOODING INCLUDE BILLINGS...CLEVER...BOAZ...SELMORE...CHRISTIAN 

CENTER AND OLDFIELD. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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