HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT. * AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1.5 INCHES AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME FLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE ALREADY SATAURATED GROUND. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH... HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING... ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. (dm)
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:25:02 +0000