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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

844 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



MOC029-169-100530-

CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-

844 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN AND PULASKI COUNTIES

UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 841 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN RICHLAND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT CONTINUE TO FLOOD. THIS 

WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT 

UNFOLDING IN SOUTHEAST CAMDEN AND NORTHWEST PULASKI COUNTIES. 



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

THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...



ROUTE BB...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 7.

ROUTE H...WEST OF ROUTE T.

ROUTE FF ALONG BEAR CREEK.

AND HIGHWAY 133...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER.



&&



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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JLT

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