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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

930 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005



MOC067-077-091-149-203-215-151800-

TEXAS MO-GREENE MO-SHANNON MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

930 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS...GREENE...

HOWELL...OREGON...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST...



AT 928 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

LAST NIGHT WERE LOCALLY BETWEEN THREE TO SIX INCHES ACROSS MOST OF 

DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS 

THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA AVERAGED BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



SPECIFICALLY...THE FOLLOWING REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS OF 9 AM.



HIGHWAY Y...FOUR MILES WEST OF ROUTE 5 HIGHWAY NEAR AVA.

HIGHWAY FF...TWO MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 NEAR AVA. 

SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS AND MOUNTAIN VIEW IN 

NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY CAUSED SCHOOL CLOSING DUE FLOODED ROADS. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE 

WARNED AROUND THROUGH NOON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

CAUSED RAPID RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



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 3741 9309 3712 9307 3708 9268 3708 9226

      3720 9223 3722 9118 3650 9112 3651 9210

      3681 9209 3681 9291 3709 9290 3711 9360

      3741 9363



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