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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1029 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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PULASKI MO-PHELPS MO-CAMDEN MO-DENT MO-

1029 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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

DENT...PHELPS...PULASKI AND SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...



AT 1015 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

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

PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORNING OVER 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 ARE CLOSED OR WASHED OUT 

DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE ROUTE J NEAR SPRING 

CREEK...ROUTE O IN PULASKI COUNTY...ROUTE TT NEAR SLIGO...AND ROUTE 

EE EAST OF SALEM.



STREAM GAUGES ALONG THE BIG PINEY RIVER...LITTLE PINEY CREEK...AND 

ROUBIDOUX CREEK HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANT RISES THIS MORNING...AND 

FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG THESE WATERWAYS.



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 3759 9131 3752 9131 3750 9121 3749 9122

      3761 9225 3771 9241 3786 9241 3780 9254

      3793 9269 3791 9204 3801 9203 3805 9164

      3816 9164 3816 9154 3780 9153 3779 9132

      3771 9131 3769 9116 3759 9116



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