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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

414 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



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REYNOLDS MO-

414 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...



AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THIS AREA HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA WHICH MAY 

BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...HADLEY...AND REDFORD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



SOME OF THE AFFECTED WATERWAYS ARE LOGAN CREEK...WEBB CREEK...SPRING 

CREEK...SINKING CREEK...AND THE BLACK RIVER.



IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3706 9096 3709 9096 3710 9101 3715 9104

      3719 9110 3721 9112 3726 9116 3732 9117

      3738 9118 3738 9107 3738 9092 3738 9075

      3718 9074 3713 9079 3705 9079



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