THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY. * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY NEAR TURNERS AND GALLOWAY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE AREA. * 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 U AT PEDELO CREEK NORTHEAST OF SPARTA... SCENIC AVENUE IN SOUTHWEST SPRINGFIELD... ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN GREENE COUNTY AND MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER AREAS THAT AREA ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3699 9333 3700 9340 3721 9339 3722 9306 3709 9306 3709 9290 3707 9290 3707 9262 3689 9262 3689 9290 -SWC-
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:34:59 +0000
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