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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

445 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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BENTON MO-

445 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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

UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN 

BENTON FROM THE STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING. 



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

RAINFALL COULD FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ON TURKEY AND DEER CREEKS IN 

SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY. 



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. TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3852 9309 3806 9308 3807 9350 3852 9334



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