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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

855 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-CAMDEN MO-BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-

855 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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

BENTON...HICKORY...MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR AND WESTERN CAMDEN

COUNTIES...



AT 849 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.



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.



SEVERAL STATE HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING 

ROUTE Y SOUTH OF BOLIVAR...ROUTE 83 NORTH OF BOLIVAR...ROUTE 123 

NEAR WEAUBLEAU...ROUTE HH NEAR URBANA...ROUTE E SOUTH OF MACKS 

CREEK...ROUTE P EAST OF CROSS TIMBERS...AND ROUTE WW IN BENTON 

COUNTY. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN FLOODED OR WASHED OUT 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



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LAT...LON 3869 9284 3860 9284 3843 9262 3834 9266

      3834 9270 3828 9270 3790 9287 3792 9319

      3781 9320 3782 9358 3822 9353 3852 9352

      3851 9329 3855 9327 3854 9308 3870 9306



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