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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

131 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005



MOC153-213-221115-

TANEY MO-OZARK MO-

131 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OZARK AND TANEY COUNTIES UNTIL

615 AM CDT...



AT 128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA HAD MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE 

LATE THURSDAY EVENING. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  



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



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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