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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1241 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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NEWTON MO-

1241 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM

CDT...



AT 1232 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING AT CLINTS ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 59 AND KODIAK ROAD NEAR THE 

TOWN OF NEOSHO.  IN ADDITION...2.62 INCHES OF RAIN WERE REPORTED ONE 

MILE WEST OF NEOSHO.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME 

BEING.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ROADWAYS ACROSS MUCH 

OF SOUTHWEST NEWTON COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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