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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

255 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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BENTON MO-

255 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY 

UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN 

BENTON COUNTY. 



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

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FRISTOE...EDWARDS...TURKEY 

CREEK...AND DEER CREEK IN SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3852 9309 3806 9308 3807 9350 3852 9334



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