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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

550 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



MOC125-131-169-210315-

MILLER MO-MARIES MO-PULASKI MO-

550 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST MARIES...SOUTHEAST 

MILLER AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...



AT 545 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN PULASKI 

COUNTY EAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD WHERE STORMS HAD REDEVELOPED. RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAD 

FALLEN SINCE 3 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING ON GRAVEL ROADS...AND DITCHES WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN 

PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY. THOSE TRAVELLING 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS AND 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.



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