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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

741 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



MOC125-100545-

MARIES MO-

741 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARIES COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM

CDT...



AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MARIES COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS OF TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS SOUTH 

AND EAST OF VIENNA. 



SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY 

THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...



ROUTE N...ALONG MARIES RIVER.

AND ROUTE E...NEAR STICKNEY.



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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