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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

951 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



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MARIES MO-

951 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



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

CDT...



AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS A REGION THAT HAS ALREADY 

RECEIVED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 6 PM. AREAS AROUND 

BRINKTOWN WILL LIKELY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 

1030 PM.  



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.



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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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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JLT

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