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WGUS73 KSGF 080757

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

257 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



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BARRY MO-STONE MO-

257 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR BARRY

AND SOUTHERN STONE COUNTIES...



AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN 

THE WARNED AREA WITH ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



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...



HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...

ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...

HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK SOUTH OF JENKINS...

ROUTE U...8 MILES EAST OF PURDY...

HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK NEAR JENKINS.



THERE ARE REPORTS OF SOME RESIDENCES ALONG BRUSH CREEK IN SOUTHERN 

STONE COUNTY THAT ARE BEING RESCUED FROM HIGH WATER. BRUSH CREEK IS 

FLOODED.



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 9407 3679 9407 3679 9332 3662 9331

      3650 9332



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