...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR CEDAR...DADE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD... NEWTON...SOUTH CENTRAL ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...WESTERN BARRY AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 1159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN MCDONALD...SOUTHERN NEWTON...NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND DADE COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 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... HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON... NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN... BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO. HIGHWAY 39 IN DADE COUNTY...ROUTE AA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND ROUTE C IN NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. (dm)
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 17:12:45 +0000
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