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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

217 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARRY AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES 

UNTIL 645 PM CDT...



AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH SEVERAL OBSERVER REPORTS OF 

GREATER THAN 3 INCHES IN THE MONETT AREA.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END OVER THE WARNED AREA BEFORE 3 

PM...WITH JUST A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS EXPECTED. 

HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS ONGOING WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTING SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN MONETT AND A NUMBER OF 

UNSPECIFIED ROAD CLOSURES IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. PERSONS 

TRAVELLING ALONG OR NEAR ROUTE 60 FROM AURORA THROUGH MONETT SHOULD 

BE CAUTIOUS FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG SECONDARY 

THRUWAYS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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. 



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