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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

726 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009



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CAMDEN MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-

726 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

CAMDEN...MORGAN AND WESTERN MILLER COUNTIES...



AT 719 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT 

FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WAS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC 

REPORTS INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION SINCE 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A LOW WATER 

CROSSING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE ROAD 5-16 AND LAKE ROAD 5-18 

WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. WATER WAS ALSO 

REPORTED TO BE FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY W AND LAKELAND 

ROAD IN THE TOWN OF LAKELAND IN WESTERN MILER COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

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

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 3853 9275 3844 9263 3842 9240 3786 9241

      3787 9262 3789 9263 3790 9307 3818 9306

      3819 9308 3854 9308



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