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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



MOC039-085-185-050345-

ST. CLAIR MO-HICKORY MO-CEDAR MO-

555 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CEDAR...HICKORY AND ST. CLAIR 

COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CST...



AT 545 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

EXPANDING AREA OF RAINFALL OVER EASTERN KANSAS, EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SINCE 5 PM. THIS AREA WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN 

AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING CAUSING AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY 

DETERIORATING FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON. 



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL, IN ADDITIONAL TO MORE RAINFALL THIS 

EVENING WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



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