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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

531 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



KSC011-021-037-MOC011-015-029-039-057-059-085-097-105-125-131-141-

167-169-185-217-225-051500-

BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-MORGAN MO-BENTON MO-MILLER MO-

MARIES MO-CAMDEN MO-ST. CLAIR MO-HICKORY MO-VERNON MO-PULASKI MO-

DALLAS MO-CEDAR MO-LACLEDE MO-POLK MO-BARTON MO-DADE MO-WEBSTER MO-

JASPER MO-

531 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

531 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARTON...BENTON...BOURBON...

CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...DADE...DALLAS...HICKORY...

JASPER...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...POLK...PULASKI...ST.

CLAIR...VERNON AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...



AT 528 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS LARGE AREA

OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXTENDS BACK INTO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...AND IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRAINING OVER MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS 

AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT

SCOTT...LEBANON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG...STOCKTON...

ALBA...ARCADIA...ARMA AND BELLE.



NUMEROUS OBSERVATIONS OF ROAD CLOSINGS AND FLOODED OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS

HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING.  MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD TAKE THIS

WARNING SERIOUSLY WHEN TRAVELING TODAY.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WASHED OUT ROADWAYS.  IT IS 

VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE A WASHED OUT ROAD FROM FLOODING.  IT IS BEST TO 

COMPLETELY AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS ALL TOGETHER.  FLASH FLOODING IS THE 

NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS.



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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