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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 041829

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1225 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



MOC009-043-067-077-091-109-119-145-149-153-167-203-209-213-215-225-

229-042300-

POLK MO-TEXAS MO-WEBSTER MO-WRIGHT MO-GREENE MO-SHANNON MO-

LAWRENCE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-NEWTON MO-HOWELL MO-STONE MO-

BARRY MO-OREGON MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-MCDONALD MO-

1225 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...

GREENE...HOWELL...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...

POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES

UNTIL 500 PM CST...



AT 1220 PM CST...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED 

AREA BUT RAINFALL WAS TAPERING OFF NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN 

COMMON SINCE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.



MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



AT 1150 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ON HIGHWAY FF...HIGHWAY 

Y...AND ON SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  



SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CASSVILLE IN BARRY 

COUNTY.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



$$



FOSTER

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 041843

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1225 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



MOC009-043-067-077-091-109-119-145-149-153-167-203-209-213-215-225-

229-042300-

POLK MO-TEXAS MO-WEBSTER MO-WRIGHT MO-GREENE MO-SHANNON MO-

LAWRENCE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-NEWTON MO-HOWELL MO-STONE MO-

BARRY MO-OREGON MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-MCDONALD MO-

1225 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...

GREENE...HOWELL...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...

POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES

UNTIL 500 PM CST...



AT 1220 PM CST...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED 

AREA BUT RAINFALL WAS TAPERING OFF NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN 

COMMON SINCE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.



MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



AT 1150 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ON HIGHWAY FF...HIGHWAY 

Y...AND ON SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  



SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CASSVILLE IN BARRY 

COUNTY.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



$$



FOSTER

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