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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1055 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LACLEDE...MARIES...PHELPS AND

PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...



AT 11 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT 

HOURS.  THIS PRODUCED FLOODING OF MAINLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN 

THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THE 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON 

HOURS.



MARIES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY N JUST EAST OF 

BRINKTOWN HAD ABOUT TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AND WAS CLOSED. 

ALSO CLOSED WAS HIGHWAY 42 JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 28...ABOUT 2 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF BELLE...WHERE A PORTION OF THE ROAD HAD WASHED OUT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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