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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1130 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005



MOC065-062030-

DENT MO-

1130 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DENT COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...



AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN LINGERED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN DENT 

COUNTY...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF DENT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE 

HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE 

AREAS BETWEEN DARIEN...SALEM...AND LENOX...AND ALONG DRY FORK CREEK.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT   

HIGHWAY DD ON DRY FORK CREEK. 



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. 



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.



LAT...LON 3776 9134 3743 9132 3744 9173 3777 9179



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