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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

627 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR MCDONALD...

OZARK...TANEY...BARRY...STONE...NEWTON...DOUGLAS...CHRISTIAN...

LAWRENCE...JASPER...GREENE...WRIGHT...WEBSTER...DADE...BARTON...

POLK...LACLEDE...CEDAR...DALLAS...HICKORY...ST. CLAIR...CAMDEN...

MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 620 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE HEAVIEST BAND OF 

RAIN STRETCHED FROM NEAR IBERIA...THROUGH SLEEPER AND AVA...TO JUST 

WEST OF THEODOSIA. RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND WILL LIKELY 

EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING FURTHER 

TO THE WEST.  EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE SLOWED ACROSS WESTERN 

MISSOURI...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.  



SINCE 5 AM...REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS 

LAWRENCE AND BENTON COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

THAT HIGHWAY 65 WAS FLOODED NEAR BUFFALO.  



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MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



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