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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

902 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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SHANNON MO-DENT MO-

902 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DENT AND SHANNON

COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...



AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THAT THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH AFFECTED SHANNON AND DENT COUNTIES EARLIER IN 

THE AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED EARLIER WITH 

THESE STORMS WHICH LED TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY STILL 

BE FLOODED...INCLUDING THE LOW WATER CROSSING IN DENT COUNTY 2 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF SALEM ALONG HIGHWAY P NEAR DRY VALLEY CREEK.



SINCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM.  HOWEVER...DUE TO 

THE ONGOING FLOODING OF SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME 

HOURS.



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



LAT...LON 3748 9124 3740 9124 3740 9120 3731 9120

      3725 9118 3718 9113 3712 9106 3709 9123

      3690 9125 3689 9166 3744 9163 3743 9175

      3761 9174 3762 9180 3778 9180 3778 9133

      3769 9133 3768 9117 3760 9117 3760 9133

      3748 9132



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