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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

700 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR 

PULASKI...PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES...



AT 700 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL 

PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY...NORTHEAST PULASKI...NORTHWEST PHELPS AND 

SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTIES HAD THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO 

THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS SOUTHEAST OF DIXON. 



MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...EXCEPT 

AREAS EAST OF ROLLA WHICH WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF 

RAINFALL BEFORE IT ENDS. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND WILL 

LIKELY CAUSES RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.



SPECIFICALLY...THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE GASCONADE RIVER WILL LIKELY 

RISE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULLY NEAR JONES 

CREEK...MILL CREEK...CLEMENS CREEK AND BELL CREEK AROUND THE 

COMMUNITY OF DIXON. LOCAL OFFICIALS STATED THAT WATER IS FLOWING 

OVER COUNTY ROADS ALONG MILL CREEK SOUTHEAST OF DIXON. MORE SPECIFIC 

INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED LATER.  



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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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JLT

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