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WGUS53 KSGF 081115

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MOC213-081700-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

615 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 610 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS    

  FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES LIKELY THIS MORNING.



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOLLISTER ALONG TURKEY CREEK.  

  NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED. ONE TO TWO MOBILE 

  HOMES HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED   

  AND HIGH WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN DOWNTOWN HOLLISTER ALONG       

  TURKEY CREEK.



* 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.



MULTIPLE SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN

RESPONSE TO EXTREME FLASH FLOODING.



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.



&&



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

      3650 9277



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