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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

245 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



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

CAMDEN...MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 800 PM CDT 

FOR LACLEDE...PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES...



AT 235 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING OCCURRING AROUND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN AROUND GRAVOIS MILLS...CAMDENTON...OSAGE BEACH AND LAURIE. IN 

ADDITION...A BROAD AREA OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS 

INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO 

NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY SINCE 8 AM.  



THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING REPORTS AS OF 230 PM.



7.50 INCHES 5 MILES WEST OF LAURIE.

6.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN SUNRISE BEACH. 

6.50 INCHES OF RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF GRAVOIS MILLS.

4.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAURIE.

  

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. 



COUNTY ROAD 592 ALONG POSSUM HOLLOW ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO THE 

FLOODING. 



IN ADDITION...CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...AND A TRAILER PARK 

COMMUNITY NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING 

ALONG THE GRAVOIS CREEK. 



&&



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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JLT

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