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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

953 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



MOC009-209-213-041800-

STONE MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-

953 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY...STONE AND TANEY

COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



AT 952 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES FELL AROUND 

WHEATON...PURDY AND MCDOWELL...AS WELL AS SELIGMAN...SHELL KNOB AND 

BLUE EYE. NO SPECIFIC REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM 

THESE COUNTIES...BUT LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE PROBABLY BANK FULL 

AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE THESE STREAMS AND 

CREEKS TO FLOW OVER THEIR BANKS. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS TO FLOOD. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON AS A SLOW MOVING SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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 3682 9275 3650 9280 3650 9403 3690 9402

      3692 9358 3681 9335



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