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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1120 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-

1120 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 1115 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

SERIOUS FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT IS 

UNDERWAY WITH NUMEROUS STREAMS...RIVERS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS 

FLOODED. MANY ROADS AND STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING 

MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CONTINUING 

TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON SINCE TUESDAY MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE 

EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  RUNOFF FROM ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER 

FLOODING WILL PERSIST AS RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

CONTINUES. 



MANY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OR ARE BEING DISMISSED EARLY. CHECK 

WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS OR MEDIA FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS. 



NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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