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WGUS73 KSGF 300130

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

828 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



MOC161-300700-

PHELPS MO-

828 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 200

AM CDT...



AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TONIGHT HAS 

DIMINISHED...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY 

SINCE 730 PM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH 

OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 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 3813 9154 3788 9154 3772 9203 3795 9204



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