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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

510 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-

510 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...



AT 506 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

NEW AREA OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND TRACKING 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS NEW BATCH 

OF SHOWERS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL IMMEDIATELY TURN INTO RUN OFF.



NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. THIS IS 

A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS COMMUTING THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ON 

THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS...AND IF A FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSING IS ENCOUNTERED TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IT IS BETTER TO 

SPEND THE TIME LOOKING FOR 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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