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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

225 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005



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CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-DADE MO-

225 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARTON...CRAWFORD AND DADE

COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT ONE AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE FRIDAY EVENING.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND COUNTY ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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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