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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

956 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



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PHELPS MO-

956 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

CDT...



AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...ESPECIALLY 

ALONG THE MARIES...PHELPS COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. SINCE 6 

PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL NORTH OF 

JEROME AND DOOLITTLE...WITH LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN ROLLA 

AND SAINT JAMES. 



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

THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...



ROUTE C...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG TIEK CREEK.

ROUTE Y...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. 

AND COUNTY ROAD 8160 BETWEEN DOOLITTLE AND ROLLA.



&&



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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