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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

128 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004



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

COUNTY...AND 515 PM FOR ST. CLAIR...AND MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH IS ON TOP OF ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND FROM YESTERDAYS RAINFALL.



THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BENTON COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS ZODIAC 

ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY AA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED 

AREAS WHICH WILL ADD TO THE POTENTIAL OF RUNOFF FLOODING.



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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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