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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

751 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



KSC011-021-037-MOC009-011-015-029-039-043-057-059-065-067-077-085-

097-105-109-119-125-131-141-145-161-167-169-185-209-215-217-225-229-

051830-

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

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

PULASKI MO-DALLAS MO-CEDAR MO-LACLEDE MO-POLK MO-DENT MO-BARTON MO-

TEXAS MO-DADE MO-WEBSTER MO-WRIGHT MO-GREENE MO-JASPER MO-LAWRENCE MO-

CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-NEWTON MO-STONE MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-

751 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



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

BOURBON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CHRISTIAN...CRAWFORD...DADE...

DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...

LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...PHELPS...

POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND

WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CST...



AT 747 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

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

OF RAIN EXTENDS BACK INTO OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO

TRAIN OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS

THIS MORNING.  A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE OBSERVED OVER FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.



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...AVA...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT

LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...MONETT...

MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO AND NEVADA.



SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE 

THIS MORNING.  MORNING COMMUTERS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME

CAUTION WHILE NAVIGATING. 



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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