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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



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PHELPS MO-

555 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM

CDT...



AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN PHELPS 

COUNTY...SOUTH OF EDGAR SPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF PHELPS COUNTY SINCE 4 PM.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...EDGAR 

SPRINGS...AND LOW WATER CROSSING ON HIGHWAY CC ALONG BEAVER CREEK.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN





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