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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

753 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR 

OREGON...HOWELL...SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...PHELPS AND MARIES 

COUNTIES...



RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS 

FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. 



AT 750 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES IN A SWATH FROM SOUTHERN 

MARIES COUNTY...SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN PHELPS...EASTERN 

TEXAS...WESTERN DENT...WESTERN SHANNON...NORTHEAST HOWELL...AND 

WESTERN OREGON COUNTIES. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ONGOING FROM THE HOUSTON 

AREA SOUTH TO THAYER WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE 

INCHES. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...NEWBURG...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LICKING...

DOOLITTLE...BIRCH TREE...ALTON...YUKON...WHITE CHURCH...THOMASVILLE

AND TERESITA.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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