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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

428 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005



MOC029-091-105-131-169-215-229-120230-

MILLER MO-CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-LACLEDE MO-TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-

HOWELL MO-

428 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...HOWELL...LACLEDE...

MILLER...PULASKI...TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

SPECIFICALLY...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ACROSS NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY.  THERE WILL LIKELY BE A 

BREAK IN THE RAIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA LATER THIS 

EVENING. 



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.



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