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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1141 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR BENTON COUNTY

AND 515 PM FOR MORGAN COUNTY...



AT 1134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS 

OF BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO INCH 

AND A HALF HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AS THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES

TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.



THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM 

YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.  THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME QUICK RUNOFF FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS THIS AFTERNOON.



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MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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