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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

928 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OZARK COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTED MUCH OF NORTHERN 

OZARK COUNTY THIS EVENING.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND FLOOD LOW 

LYING AREAS...ALONG WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BRIXEY...DORA...HARDENVILLE...ISABELLA...LONG 

RUN...NOBLE...ROCKBRIDGE...SUNDOWN...SYCAMORE...TECUMSEH AND 

THEODOSIA.



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.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.  FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER 

IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS.



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