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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

504 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



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

504 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...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE TOWN OF NEWBURG ON THE LITTLE 

PINEY RIVER IN NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS ALSO NOW IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF 

EASTERN MILLER AND WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES FROM THE ST ELIZABETH 

AREA TO BRINKTOWN WHERE RADAR INDICATES OVER 9 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS 

HAS OCCURRED...



AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

VERY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR AND WEST 

OF TUSCUMBIA EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE BRINKTOWN AND ROLLA 

AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 

WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN 

THIS AREA. 



REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE THAT WATER RESCUES ARE 

OCCURRING IN THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY AREAS. 



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...



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 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.





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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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