Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

May 3, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oregon County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 031918
FFWSGF
MOC149-040115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 100  
  PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS OREGON  
  COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 
  ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER WHICH WILL LIKELY
  CAUSE THE RIVER AND SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO RISE 
  RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ANYONE ALONG THE ELEVEN POINT
  RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE RIVER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARE TO MOVE TO 
  HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. 

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...THAYER...ALTON...COUCH...GREER...MYRTLE...ROVER...
  THOMASVILLE AND WILDERNESS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 
CREEKS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 032036
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOC149-040115-
OREGON MO-
328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 815
PM CDT...

AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
THAT HAD FALLEN EARLY. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAD 
FALLEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 
WILDERNESS...RIVERTON AND MANY SPRINGS AREA SINCE 1 PM. SOME OF THE 
TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...SPECIFICALLY HURRICANE 
CREEK...LITTLE HURRICANE CREEK AND SPRING CREEK ARE LIKELY RISING 
SIGNIFICANTLY. ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THESE CREEKS ARE 
PROBABLY IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 
ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 
PM. 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165

$$

JLT

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