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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

605 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



MOC097-050430-

JASPER MO-

605 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM

CST...



AT 600 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 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.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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