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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

545 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL

830 AM CDT...



AT 530 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING MOST OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OFF TO THE EAST OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.  THERE 

WERE MORE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE AREA.  RADAR 

PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN DILLARD AND CHERRYVILLE.  THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN CRAWFORD 

COUNTY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES.  THE COMMUNITIES OF COOK 

STATION...CHERRYVILLE...DAVISVILLE AND DILLARD WOULD HAVE RECIEVED 

THE MOST RAIN.  AREAS AROUND CROOKED CREEK...YANKEE CREEK...DRY 

CREEK...AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HUZZAH CREEK AND COURTOIS CREEK 

WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED.  EVEN IF THERE IS NO FLOODING OCCURING AT 

THIS TIME...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THE EXCESS RUNOFF IS STILL 

MAKING ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM AND COULD STILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING AS IT PASSES.



LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS THIS MORNING.   IF 

YOU DO APPROACH A LOW WATER CROSSING THAT CONTAINS FAST FLOWING 

WATER...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION.   

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS MANY OF THE FLOODING DEATHS IN SOUTHERN 

MISOURI HAVE BEEN DUE TO MOTORISTS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. 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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CARNEY

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