Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 232241
FFSSGF
MOC009-209-240100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE
COUNTIES...

AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD PUSHED THROUGH BOTH BARRY 
AND STONE COUNTIES AND PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN. 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO 
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 730 PM.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ADD TO THE 
RUNOFF FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BARRY COUNTY REPORTED THAT SOUTH STREET   
IN MONETT IS FLOODED. ALSO...KELLY CREEK IN MONETT HAS REACHED       
BANKFULL LEVEL AND WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND COULD AFFECT   
BUSINESSES NEAR THE CREEK. ALSO...MANY STREETS IN FAIRVIEW ARE ALSO 
UNDER WATER. 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF REEDS SPRING.  
HOLTWOOD ROAD ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF REED SPRINGS IS CLOSED.  RAILEY 
CREEK ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED AND WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 160 
NEAR REEDS SPRING.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3698 9336 3682 9335 3682 9331 3650 9332
          3652 9408 3692 9406 3694 9364 3700 9363
          3699 9342

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LINDENBERG

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 232356
FFSSGF
MOC009-209-240100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
656 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE
COUNTIES...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WERE 
BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY.

THIS SCATTERED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDS 
WELL BACK INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO 
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF WILL BE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS NEXT WAVE OF HEAVY RAIN AND WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING 
ALREADY OCCURING.

FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN THE TOWNS OF REED SPRINGS AND MONETT 
IN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES AND WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT 
ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE TOWNS OF CASSVILLE...RIDGLEY...WASHBURN 
AND SELIGMAN.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3699 9336 3682 9335 3682 9331 3651 9334
          3650 9408 3693 9406 3694 9363 3699 9361

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LINDENBERG