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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

800 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



MOC091-153-210315-

HOWELL MO-OZARK MO-

800 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST HOWELL AND SOUTHEAST 

OZARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...



AT 750 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MINOR 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST OZARK COUNTY ALONG PORTIONS OF 

HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND CAULFIELD. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN SOUTHEAST OZARK AND SOUTHWEST HOWELL 

COUNTIES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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.



LAT...LON 3675 9205 3650 9203 3650 9225 3661 9222



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