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WGUS73 KSGF 100309

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1005 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



MOC039-100630-

CEDAR MO-

1005 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005



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



AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL AROUND CAPLINGER MILLS...AREAS 

NORTHEAST OF STOCKTON...AND AREAS NORTH OF BEARCREEK WHERE AN 

ISOLATED THREE INCH RAINFALL TOTAL WAS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. 



ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT COMPLETE. 



&&



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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