THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 333 PM CDT...THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT ROUTE U IN HOWELL COUNTY...HIGHWAY 95 IN OZARK COUNTY WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED THAT ROADS NEAR THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER WERE FLOODED IN EASTERN OREGON COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. (dm)
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 20:41:48 +0000
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