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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

221 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



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

221 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...



AT 211 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE ROLLA AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM EASTERN MILLER 

ACROSS WESTERN MARIES INTO NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 



DANGEROUS FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF 

ROLLA. 



RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE MARIES RIVER 

IN MARIES COUNTY. PERSONS ALONG THE MARIES RIVER SHOULD SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND.



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...

ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON...

ROUTE Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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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