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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

120 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006



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OREGON MO-

120 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 545

PM CST...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD 

ENDED ACROSS OREGON COUNTY. EARLIER REPORTS FROM VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS 

INDICATED CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AFTER 3 PM.



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 3686 9124 3681 9125 3681 9114 3651 9115

      3652 9167 3688 9165



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