

408 

WGUS73 KSGF 080815

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

315 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



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TANEY MO-

315 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



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

COUNTY...



AT 309 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED TWO TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

IN THE WARNED AREA. THE BRANSON AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED OVER 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 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.



&&



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

      3650 9277



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