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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

753 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



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CEDAR MO-

753 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CEDAR COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL SOUTH AND EAST OF 

CAPLINGER MILLS SINCE 7 PM...WHICH COMBINES WITH PREVIOUS RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EASTERN 

CEDAR COUNTY SINCE 5 PM. 



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

THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...



HIGHWAY 39 ALONG CEDAR CREEK.

ROUTE K...ALONG CEDAR CREEK.

AND ROUTE N...ALONG BEAR CREEK. 



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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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



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