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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

440 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005



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CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-DADE MO-

440 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 436 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAD ENDED 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 RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND COUNTRY 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. 



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



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