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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

751 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...TEXAS...

BARTON...POLK...LACLEDE...CEDAR...DALLAS...PULASKI...HICKORY...

PHELPS...ST. CLAIR...CAMDEN...MARIES...MILLER AND BENTON COUNTIES...



AT 740 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

FLOODED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY 

NUMEROUS FARM ROADS ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF STOTTS CITY WERE 

FLOODED.  IN ADDITION SYCAMORE CHURCH ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 

248...LOCATED FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANSON...WAS FLOODED.  OTHER 

LOW-WATER CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED FLOODED ACROSS BARRY AND TANEY 

COUNTIES...IT IS LIKELY NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE 

FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THIS BAND STRETCHED FROM NEAR 

ROLLA...THROUGH HOUSTON...TO JUST WEST OF GAINESVILLE.  RAINFALL 

RATES WITHIN THIS BAND WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES.  FURTHER WEST RAINFALL HAD BECOME MUCH LIGHTER...HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING ACROSS CREEKS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS FOR 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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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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