More Flooding For The Show Me State

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-DALLAS MO-
CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-MCDONALD MO-
342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...POLK...
SOUTHEASTERN DADE...SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER
COUNTIES...
AT 338 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED DUE
TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE
THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM LOCALLY ONE INCH ACROSS
BARRY...MCDONALD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE CONCENTRATED ACROSS
STONE...CHRISTIAN AND TANEY COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...RUNOFF
FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND THE SATURATED SOILS CONDITIONS
FROM RECENT FLOODING...WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND A SIGNIFICANT
RISE IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
151 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-DADE MO-BARTON MO-
POLK MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-BENTON MO-
NEWTON MO-
151 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
BARTON...BENTON...BOURBON...CEDAR...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...HICKORY...
JASPER...NEWTON...NORTHWESTERN DADE...NORTHWESTERN POLK...ST. CLAIR
AND VERNON COUNTIES...
AT 146 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE IN A LARGE AREA OF THE
WARNED AREA WITH LOCALIZED TWO TO FOUR INCH TOTALS NEAR NEVADA AND
EL DORADO SPRINGS MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED
IN THE NEVADA...EL DORADO SPRINGS AND OSCEOLA AREAS...RUNOFF IS NOT
COMPLETE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RAPID RISES ALONG AREA STREAMS
AND CREEKS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNED
AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF JOPLIN...GREENFIELD AND
STOCKTON MISSOURI...ANOTHER ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL
WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOVE NORTHEAST.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-DADE MO-POLK MO-LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO-PULASKI MO-
HICKORY MO-CAMDEN MO-MILLER MO-BENTON MO-MORGAN MO-
1146 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN...DALLAS...EASTERN
BENTON...EASTERN HICKORY...MILLER...MORGAN...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN LACLEDE...NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...
POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTIES...
AT 1140 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROADWAY AROUND THE PLEASANT HOPE
AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER AS RUNOFF CONTINUES
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...NONE OF THE ROADS WERE CLOSED AS
OF 1145 AM. ANOTHER REPORT OF MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY
13 NEAR THE POLK...GREENE COUNTY LINE WHERE WATER WAS FLOWING OVER
THE ROADWAY.
ALTHOUGH SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY BE BANK FULL THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...THE
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT ENDED ACROSS LAWRENCE...GREENE...POLK AND DALLAS
COUNTIES...WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON
WHICH WILL CAUSE MORE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
250 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 245 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND ONE
INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING WESTPHALIA...TAOS...ST. THOMAS...ROSEBUD...RICH
FOUNTAIN...MOUNT STERLING...LINN...HICKORY HILL...DRAKE AND
BRAZITO.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
309 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
SHANNON MO-WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO-TEXAS MO-LACLEDE MO-PULASKI MO-
PHELPS MO-DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-
309 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
DENT...DOUGLAS...EASTERN WEBSTER...HOWELL...NORTHEASTERN TANEY...
OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...SHANNON...SOUTHERN LACLEDE...SOUTHERN
PULASKI...TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...
AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS NOT ENTERED THE WARNED AREA...RAINFALL
RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEGINNING TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF DENT...LACLEDE AND TEXAS COUNTIES AS OF 3 PM. ALL
AREAS CAN EXPECTED RAINFALL RATES TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON
WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 PM RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES...WILL LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
348 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 345 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA. AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING HARVESTER...WRIGHT CITY...WEST ALTON...WENTZVILLE...ST.
PETERS...ST. PAUL...ST. CHARLES...PORTAGE DES SIOUX...ORCHARD
FARMS...O`FALLON...LAKE ST. LOUIS...DARDENNE PRAIRIE AND
COTTLEVILLE.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
250 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008RY MO-
...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 245 PM CDT...THE MAJORITY OF RAINFALL HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE
ADVISORY AREA. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRING AN END TO THE THREAT
OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD
PRONE LOCATIONS.
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.