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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

724 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR BENTON

COUNTY...



AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAD OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHWEST BENTON COUNTY DURING THE PAST COUPLE 

OF HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE AS MORE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE ACROSS THESE SAME 

AREAS...AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

WARSAW...LINCOLN...COLE CAMP...ZORA...RACKET...PALO PINTO...MORA...

LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...IONIA...EDMONSON...CROCKERVILLE AND BRANDON.



WHILE NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THE HEAVY 

RAIN...REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BENTON COUNTY.



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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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