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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
838 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

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CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
838 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
BARRY...CHRISTIAN...NORTHWESTERN TANEY...SOUTHEASTERN MCDONALD AND
STONE COUNTIES...

AT 833 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE PARK SERVICE IN
ROARING RIVER STATE PARK INDICATED THAT A FLOOD WAVE OF 4 TO 6 FEET
MOVED THROUGH THE PARK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL IN AN HOUR IN THE PARK WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN
FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK...
BRANSON WEST...CASSVILLE...CRANE...EXETER...GALENA...HIGHLANDVILLE...
INDIAN POINT...KIMBERLING CITY...LANAGAN...MERRIAM WOODS...NOEL...
OZARK...PINEVILLE...REEDS SPRING...ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...
ROCKAWAY BEACH...SELIGMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...SPARTA AND WASHBURN.
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 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA...
ROUTE U AT PEDELO CREEK NORTHEAST OF SPARTA...
ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...
ROUTE C JUST SOUTH OF MCDOWELL.

COUNTY ROAD 1135 WHICH RUNS THROUGH ROARING RIVER STATE PARK IS
CLOSED WITH 4 FEET OF FAST MOVING WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 3650 9462 3655 9463 3709 9312 3709 9290
      3681 9291 3650 9360

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