THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT. * AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM LOCAL OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHWEST PULASKI...NORTHWEST PHELPS...WESTERN MARIES AND EASTERN MILLER COUNTIES...WHERE NUMEROUS ROADWAYS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. * 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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA... ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN... HIGHWAY 8 FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JAMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. AREA STREAM GAGES INDICATE FLOOD WATERS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY TO MAJOR OR RECORD LEVELS. THE GASCONADE RIVER AT JEROME HAS REACHED A RECORD LEVEL OF 31.5 FEET AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO ABOVE 32 FEET TODAY. && LAT...LON 3843 9241 3834 9240 3834 9220 3830 9218 3830 9165 3816 9164 3815 9151 3779 9152 3779 9180 3770 9181 3799 9241 3802 9241 3802 9251 3817 9260 3817 9264 3822 9270 3834 9269 3835 9264 3843 9263 -SWC-
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:46:20 +0000
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