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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

725 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



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BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-

725 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1000 PM CST...



AT 720 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY 

DETERIORATING FLOODING SITUATION. 



SINCE 630 PM, AN ENHANCED AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS AREA 

WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND LIKELY INCREASE 

THE RAINFALL RATES. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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JLT

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