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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

628 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005



MOC105-225-220500-

LACLEDE MO-WEBSTER MO-

628 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LACLEDE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...CONWAY...MARSHFIELD...NIANGUA...DRY KNOB...ELKLAND...

MORGAN...NORTHVIEW...PHILLIPSBURG...RADER AND TWIN BRIDGES.



SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS INTERSTATE 44 

BETWEEN MARSHFIELD AND 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHFIELD.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH THESE STORMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3769 9238 3748 9247 3748 9269 3726 9270

      3726 9307 3749 9306 3749 9286 3760 9277



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