Flash Flooding In Greene And Webster Counties
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Greene County until 4am Sunday and Webster County until 5 am. See the details on each warning below from the NWS office in Springfield.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1016 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS THE REGION. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAIN WAS IMPACTING GREENE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD. SEVERAL MEASUREMENTS ACROSS SPRINGFIELD WAS INDICATING
THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE CITY. AN ADDITIONAL
ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
GREENE COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
SOUTH CREEK...IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD...WAS OVER ITS BANKS AND
FLOODING SECTIONS OF SUNSET STREET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1041 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY.
* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE WEBSTER COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE APPROACHING TWO
INCHES NEAR THE CITY OF MARSHFIELD...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO
INCHES POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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