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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

103 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



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CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-

103 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD...



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

NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...



AT 1255 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING HOMES 

BEING FLOODED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND HIGH WATER 

RESCUES ONGOING IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUTY AND SOUTH SPRINGFIELD. UP 

TO NINE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY 

AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.



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...



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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