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MOC067-250400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

926 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

CDT...



AT 921 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT 

DOUGLAS COUNTY.  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS HAD ALSO ASSUMED A RAPID 

RISE IN WATER LEVELS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS FROM HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED THE AREA THIS EVENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.  REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND THEY WILL RELAY THE REPORT TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD.  



FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE 

MISSOURI OZARKS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED OVER ROADWAYS.



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