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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

635 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



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

635 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF 

MILLER...MARIES...AND PHELPS COUNTIES FROM THE TUSCUMBIA AREA EAST 

TO VIENNA...AND INTO WESTERN PHELPS COUNTY INCLUDING THE NEWBURG 

AREA...



...MODOT IS SHUTTING DOWN INTERSTATE 44 AT MILE MARKER 172 NEAR THE 

PHELPS AND PULASKI COUNTY LINE.... 



AT 621 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNING 

AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE FLOOD EMERGENCY AREA. 



REPORTS FROM DISPATCH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE NUMEROUS WATER 

RESCUES. SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN MILLER COUNTY. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PHELPS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN 

BE DEADLY IF IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND. 



THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER

CROSSINGS...



ROUTE HH IN TUSCUMBIA...

ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...

HIGHWAY 8 FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JAMES...

ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON...

ROUTE Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA.



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.



MULTIPLE SWIFT WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. DON'T DRIVE INTO 

FLOODED AREAS!



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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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