THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOME AREAS. WHILE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THIS RAINFALL WILL POSSIBLY AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. * RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED AND WATER LEVELS ARE ALREADY HIGH. ANY RAINFALL TODAY WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUN OFF AND POTENTIALLY ADD TO ALREADY EXISTING FLOODING. ALREADY FAST FLOWING CREEKS...STREAMS... AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN FLOODED. NEW FLOODING MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE RAIN NOW FALLING OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA. 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: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:50:55 +0000
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