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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

332 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-

332 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 330 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING ON MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING ALONG THE ELK RIVER NEAR NOEL IN MCDONALD COUNTY. 



HIGHWAY 142 NEAR MOODY AND HIGHWAY MM NEAR POTTERSVILLE IN SOUTHERN 

HOWELL COUNTY WERE FLOODED. 



WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 13 BETWEEN ELSEY AND GALENA IN STONE 

COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...AND OTHER LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO AND HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED 

ACROSS MCDONALD...BARRY...AND STONE COUNTIES AMOUNTS NEAR THREE 

INCHES HAD FALLEN AT SOME LOCATIONS. 



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. 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. 





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