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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

531 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



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MARIES MO-MILLER MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-

531 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

MARIES...MILLER...NORTHERN PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES...



A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR AN AREA OVER EASTERN MILLER MUCH OF 

WESTERN MARIES...WESTERN PHELPS COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES AN AREA FROM 

TUSCUMBIA EAST TO THE VIENNA AREA...THEN AREAS FROM BRINKTOWN SOUTH 

TO THE NEWBURG AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 7 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAVE OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS. WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN 

THE EMERGENCY AREA. 



AT 520 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF MILLER COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 

25 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY AREA. 



IN THE ROLLA AREA...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATES THAT SOME CARS 

HAVE BEEN STRANDED BY HIGH WATER AS WELL. 



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...



ROUTE HH IN TUSCUMBIA...

ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...

HIGHWAY 8 FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JAMES.



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.



MULTIPLE SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN

RESPONSE TO EXTREME FLASH FLOODING.



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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 3821 9264

      3822 9270 3834 9269 3835 9264 3843 9263



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