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WGUS73 KSGF 151857

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

157 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



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CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-

157 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 

SPRINGFIELD...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...



AT 149 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TODAY WHICH PRODUCED EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED BUT FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING 

IN THE WARNED AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS 

STILL REPORTING NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND WATER ENTERING HOMES 

IN SOUTH SPRINGFIELD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FROM NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AREA.



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...



EAST BUENA VISTA ROAD AT WARD BRANCH SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...

HIGHWAY 125 JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60...

FARM ROAD 164 AT THE JAMES RIVER JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...

FARM ROAD 134 AT THE JAMES RIVER NORTHEAST OF TURNERS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



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LAT...LON 3701 9351 3733 9308 3727 9307 3710 9307

      3701 9321



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