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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

540 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-DENT MO-

540 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR

DENT...MARIES...MILLER...PHELPS AND PULASKI COUNTIES...



AT 536 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3758 9117 3758 9131 3742 9122 3742 9171

      3760 9177 3761 9225 3771 9241 3802 9240

      3806 9258 3834 9270 3842 9260 3842 9240

      3834 9240 3829 9219 3829 9165 3799 9152

      3780 9153 3779 9132 3771 9131 3769 9116



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