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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1012 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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PULASKI MO-CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-

1012 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN CAMDEN...MARIES...MILLER AND NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES...



AT 1008 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF 

TIME THIS MORNING...ACROSS AN AREA ALREADY SATURATED BY RECENT HEAVY 

RAINFALL.



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.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND STATE HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OR WASHED 

OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE ROUTE O SOUTH OF 

DIXON...ROUTE K SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA...ROUTE A NORTH OF IBERIA...AND 

ROUTE BB NEAR WET GLAIZE.



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 3843 9241 3834 9240 3834 9220 3829 9219

      3829 9165 3806 9164 3808 9193 3802 9204

      3790 9203 3792 9288 3822 9273 3822 9270

      3828 9270 3835 9267 3835 9264 3844 9262



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