

473 

WGUS53 KSGF 071646

FFWSGF

MOC125-131-161-169-072000-

/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0094.000000T0000Z-130807T2000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1146 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.



* AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS THE  WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM 

LOCAL OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED 

OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHWEST PULASKI...NORTHWEST  

  PHELPS...WESTERN MARIES AND EASTERN MILLER COUNTIES...WHERE        

  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



* 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...



ROUTE HH IN TUSCUMBIA...

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

HIGHWAY 8 FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JAMES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



AREA STREAM GAGES INDICATE FLOOD WATERS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY TO MAJOR 

OR RECORD LEVELS. THE GASCONADE RIVER AT JEROME HAS REACHED A RECORD 

LEVEL OF 31.5 FEET AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO ABOVE 32 

FEET TODAY.



&&



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 3822 9270

      3834 9269 3835 9264 3843 9263



$$



TERRY











