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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

230 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR 

MCDONALD...BARRY COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF RAINFALL...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE AT TIMES...ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL FROM NEAR POWELL...NORTHEAST TO WHEATON AND PURDY 

MISSOURI...AND OVER 1.50 INCHES FELL FROM NEAR ANDERSON...NORTHWARD 

TO NEOSHO. 



ALTHOUGH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED NO FURTHER 

FLOODING AROUND THE NEOSHO AND PURDY AREAS THAT EARLIER HAD LOW 

WATER CROSSING FLOODED...OR ROADS CLOSED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ANY SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS IN THESE AREAS. 



RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TENTH...TO LOCALLY ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH PER 

HOUR WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTIES 

THROUGH 4 PM...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



REMEMBER...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



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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