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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

434 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EXTREME EASTERN HOWELL COUNTY  

AND ALL OF OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES HAS AFFECTED AREAS 

OF EXTREME EASTERN HOWELL COUNTY...AND SECTIONS OF OREGON COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...ALTON...MOUNTAIN VIEW...THAYER...BRANDSVILLE...COUCH...

GREER...KOSHKONONG...LANTON...PEACE VALLEY...ROVER...THOMASVILLE AND

WHITE CHURCH.



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.



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