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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
330 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
BARRY...BARTON...BOURBON...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...DADE...
JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON
COUNTIES...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST...

THIS IS AN EXTENSION TO THE ADVISORY FOR BOTH BARTON AND VERNON 
COUNTIES

AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD 
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE 
HALF TO LOCALLY 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN 
PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. 

THERE WAS BEEN REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AROUND FORT SCOTT KANSAS 
AND WEST OF NEVADA MISSOURI. 

AN EXPLOSIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN 
OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 6 PM. AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL IN THE 
ADVISORY AREA. IF RAINFALL RATES BEGIN TO INCREASE...THE ADVISORY 
AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. IN 
ADDITION...AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE ADVISORY WILL LIKELY SEE 
ADVISORY CRITERIA OR WARNING CRITERIA THIS EVENING.  

REMEMBER...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 
ADVISORY AREA...AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

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JLT