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What is normally a quiet, peaceful creek is now a mad, rushing river!

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Flooding at Lick Creek-Howards Ridge, MO

by The_Globetrotter (Subscribe)

Posted on: Sep 21, 2009 at 10:58 AM CDT

Channel: Weather

Location: Howards Ridge, MO-southeast of Gainesville, MO

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flash flooding J Hwy Lick Creek Missouri Gainesville

I had traveled this stretch of road earlier in the day on Saturday, 9/19/09, and all was normal. On my return home the usually quiet and peaceful Lick Creek, at the bridge on J Hwy southeast of Gainesville, MO, was now a mad rushing, roaring river that had exceeded it's banks and created a lake in the field bottoms. Excessive rain the matter of a few short hours caused flash flooding the Mammoth & Howards Ridge areas in Missouri.

Mommax2 says ...

On Monday, Sep 21 at 10:35 PM

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I've lived around Gainesville most of my life and have never seen water over the road there. Pretty amazing stuff!

The_Globetrotter says ...

On Tuesday, Sep 22 at 11:07 AM

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That's with me, too. I have traveled this road every week day for several years and lived around the area my entire life and have never seen or heard of the water being over here. Yes, amazing.

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