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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

545 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR MCDONALD...

BARRY...STONE...NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...GREENE...DADE...POLK

AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 

P CLOSED SOUTH HIGHWAY 64...OR SOUTHWEST OF LOUISBURG IN EXTREME 

NORTHEAST POLK COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN NEAR POLK IN NORTHEAST POLK 

COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. A BROAD AREA OF ONE HALF TO 1.25 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. 



AN EXPANDING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL 

SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF 

TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL IN THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH 

FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE MINOR AT THIS TIME...ANY MORE RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT WHICH COULD COMPARED TO LAST 

WEEKS MAJOR FLOOD EPISODE. 



IN ADDITION...THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN RIVER LEVELS SINCE THIS 

AFTERNOON. BOTH THE MARMATON AND OSAGE RIVER BASINS IN WEST CENTRAL 

MISSOURI HAVE BEGUN TO RISE RAPIDLY. EXPECT RAPID RISES IN 

STREAMS...CREEKS AND OVER LOW LYING AREAS THIS EVENING.

  

REMEMBER...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. 



&&



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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JLT

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