

605 

WGUS73 KSGF 081536

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1036 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



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TANEY MO-

1036 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR TANEY

COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT ALONG TURKEY CREEK 

INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HOLLISTER...



AT 950 AM CDT...LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER 

LEVELS HAD FALLEN ON TURKEY CREEK AT HOLLISTER AND EVACUATIONS WERE 

NO LONGER OCCURRING. 



EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING.  

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 176 NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH...

HIGHWAY 125 AT SHOAL CREEK SOUTH OF PROTEM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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LAT...LON 3650 9331 3664 9331 3675 9330 3674 9277

      3650 9277



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