Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 182221
FFSSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-161-169-203-215-190200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
420 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR OZARK...
OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...PULASKI AND
PHELPS COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN 
PART OF THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 3 PM 
ACROSS OZARK AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL 
EXTENDED WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE 
WARNED AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL 
IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED TWO TO THREE INCH TOTALS IN 
SHANNON...HOWELL AND TEXAS COUNTIES. 

ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT OCCURRED IN HOWELL...OREGON OR 
SHANNON COUNTIES SINCE AROUND NOON...PREVIOUS RAINFALL TOTALS OF 
THREE TO FIVE INCHES EARLY TODAY...WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH 
FLOODING IN THESE AREAS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 6 
PM.  

ALSO REMEMBER THAT EARLIER RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH ARE ALREADY 
BANK FULL OR OVER THEIR BANKS. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3805 9154 3758 9112 3649 9110 3651 9280
          3705 9288 3708 9223 3764 9224 3801 9243

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 182300
FFSSGF
MOC043-065-067-091-149-153-161-169-203-215-190300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR 
OZARK...OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...
PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 630 PM FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY. 

AT 450 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS AND 
WESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL 
OCCURRED. AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EXPECT 
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR CLEAR 
SPRINGS...SUMMERSVILLE...POMONA AND WEST PLAINS...WITH LESSER 
AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 

ALTHOUGH PARTS OF SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES HAVE NOT RECEIVED 
RAINFALL SINCE NOON TODAY...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO YOUR 
AREA BY 6 PM...AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. AS OF 445 
PM...HIGHWAY 63 NEAR SIMMONS...OR SOUTH OF HOUSTON WAS FLOODING AND 
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. PLEASE TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE 
IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE RUNOFF IS COMPLETE. 

IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
ENDED...HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE 
WATER FLOWING OVER THEM...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN 
BILLINGS AND OZARK. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3708 9348 3707 9225 3765 9225 3769 9233
          3796 9239 3802 9197

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 190019
FFSSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-161-169-203-215-229-190300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
615 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR OZARK...
OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON...WRIGHT...TEXAS...DENT...PULASKI
AND PHELPS COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT 
COMMUNITIES BETWEEN AKERS AND EMINENCE IN NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY 
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS AROUND ROBY AND SUCCESS THROUGH 
8 PM. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE TENTH TO 
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. 

ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA...THE BIG PINEY AND GASCONADE RIVERS ARE ALSO RUNNING VERY HIGH 
AND CAUSING PROBLEMS OR CLOSERS ALONG MAJOR ROUTES IN TEXAS AND 
WRIGHT COUNTIES. REMEMBER...IF YOU COME UPON A CLOSED HIGHWAY...TURN 
AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND UPON IT

EVEN WHEN THE RAINFALL ENDS LATER THIS EVENING...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY 
BE INCOMPLETE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS. 

ALSO...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3746 9269 3747 9216 3801 9236 3804 9165
          3750 9122 3650 9121 3652 9277

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 190224
FFSSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-161-169-203-215-229-190300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
819 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR DENT AND 
PHELPS COUNTIES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OZARK...OREGON... 
HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON...WRIGHT...TEXAS...AND PULASKI COUNTIES 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 805 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 
CONTINUED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY P IN NEWBURG AND OVER SEVERAL LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS IN DENT COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED 
...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN 
WAS RECEIVED OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE PAST BARRICADES.

LAT...LON 3806 9153 3760 9133 3658 9119 3655 9274
          3711 9267 3745 9266 3749 9228 3796 9230

$$

TERRY