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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

839 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



MOC185-251600-

ST. CLAIR MO-

839 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM

CDT...



AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS...FELL NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF LOWRY CITY SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG RURAL GRAVEL 

ROADS WEST OF APPLETON CITY NEAR HIGHWAY 52. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL 

SMALL CREEKS WERE OUT OF BANKS EAST OF APPLETON CITY...NEAR AA   

HIGHWAY.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN FALLING BEFORE NOON 

TODAY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. 



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 3819 9353 3792 9353 3792 9358 3783 9359

      3784 9381 3790 9381 3790 9406 3821 9404



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