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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1137 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



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OREGON MO-

1137 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM

CDT...



AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER NORTHEASTERN 

OREGON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD ALREADY FALLEN NORTH OF GREER AND WILDERNESS IN THE HURRICANE 

CREEK AND WHITES CREEK BASINS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OREGON COUNTY.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...THAYER...COUCH...GREER...ROVER...AND WILDERNESS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL TO 

CAMPERS ALONG SMALL...FLASH FLOOD PRONE CREEKS.



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