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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1230 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005



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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-

1230 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT 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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



RAIN CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS HAS ALLOWED WATER LEVELS TO STABILIZE IN MOST AREAS. 

SIGNIFICANT WATER RISES WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO LARGER STREAMS 

AND RIVERS AS RUNOFF CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON. 



ALTHOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE, 

MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS THE WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. 

MANY STREAMS...ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN FLOODED 

THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



A FLOOD WARNING WILL ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 

THIS EVENING FOR THE CONTINUTION OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. 



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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