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WGUS73 KSGF 280414
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1014 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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MCDONALD MO-
1014 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST MONDAY
FOR MCDONALD COUNTY...

AT 1010 PM CST...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. EIGHT TO ELEVEN INCHES OF RAIN  HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.  LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT
NORMALLY FLOOD ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. NUMEROUS  ROADS
ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND WILL  REMAIN
FLOODED INTO MONDAY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG ELK RIVER AND
LITTLE SUGAR CREEK ALONG WITH MANY OTHER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE
WARNED AREA.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL...
HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9460 3675 9460 3675 9408 3650 9407

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WISE
