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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1140 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN...

MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR GRAVOIS 

MILLS...LAURIE...OSAGE BEACH AND ROCKY MOUNT SINCE 9 AM. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TAPERS 

OFF THIS AFTERNOON. 



CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...ARE BEING 

EVACUATED DUE TO THE GRAVOIS CREEK RISING RAPIDLY AND CURRENTLY OUT 

OF ITS BANKS.  



ALSO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE 

BEACH...VERSAILLES AND CAMDENTON. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF 

VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS 

REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 5 AND 54 IN THE CITY 

OF CAMDENTON ARE REPORTED FLOODING. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



&&



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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JLT

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