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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

252 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



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

252 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...



AT 245 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING 

IN THE TOWN OF NEWBURG ON THE LITTLE PINEY RIVER WHICH HAS RISEN 

FOUR FEET IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL DRAMATIC RISES UP TO 

FIVE AND A HALF FEET ARE EXPECTED. 



ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED 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.



THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDINARILY IN SAFE

LOCATIONS DURING PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ARE NOW IN A 

LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. EVACUATIONS OF HOMES ARE 

ONGOING IN NEWBURG.



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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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