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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

242 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



MOC065-091-125-149-161-169-203-215-131245-

MARIES MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-DENT MO-TEXAS MO-SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-

OREGON MO-

242 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DENT...HOWELL...MARIES...

OREGON...PHELPS...PULASKI...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM

CST...



WHILE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...OR WILL BE ENDING 

SHORTLY...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED 

AND IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...MANY OF THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS 

CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE AND WILL FLOOD NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN ADDITION TO THE MANY LOW WATER 

CROSSING THAT ARE CLOSED...MANY MORE ARE LIKELY FLOODED AND 

IMPASSABLE BUT NOT YET CLOSED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO SPOT FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE UNSURE AS TO HOW 

DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN IT IS BETTER TO SPEND 

30 MINUTES FINDING A NEW ROUTE THAN IT IS TO RISK YOUR LIFE DRIVING 

INTO FLOOD WATERS. MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY DRIVING INTO FLOODED 

ROADWAYS THAN BY TORNADOS OR LIGHTNING. 



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