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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

406 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR MCDONALD...

BARRY...STONE...NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...JASPER...GREENE...

DADE...POLK...CEDAR...DALLAS...HICKORY...ST. CLAIR...BENTON AND

MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 406 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

HAS OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM 

PINEVILLE AND CASSVILLE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SPRINGFIELD AND WARSAW 

AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

IN SOME AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTALS FROM THE ARKANSAS 

STATE LINE NEAR PINEVILLE TO MONETT...AND IN AREAS NORTH OF WARSAW 

IN BENTON COUNTY.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE MONETT...NEOSHO...AND THE WARSAW 

AREAS. THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 65 

ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF WARSAW AND 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW AS OF 

330 AM. THE CITY OF BUFFALO REPORTED SERIOUS STREET FLOODING AT 413 

AM. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS 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. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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