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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

352 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



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NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-

352 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES

UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 351 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

PORTIONS OF MCDONALD COUNTY NEAR ANDERSON. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

EARLIER TONIGHT HAS TAPERED OFF...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS JUST 

BEGINNING. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE AVERAGED 

BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS AROUND SENECA 

AND ANDERSON. 



PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELK RIVER...BIG SUGAR 

AND INDIAN CREEKS WILL LIKELY BE RUNNING HIGH OR FLOODING THIS 

MORNING. 



REMEMBER MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON 

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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JLT

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