Flood Warning For Parts Of The Ozarks

By Larry Wright

CREATED Feb. 26, 2013

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
 
 * FLOOD WARNING FOR...
   DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
   EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
   NORTHERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
   NORTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
   SOUTHERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
   WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
   WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
 
 * UNTIL 300 PM  TUESDAY.
 
 * AT 303 AM ..THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT   
   RAIN WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL ROADS
   HAVE BEEN CLOSED ALREADY ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY FROM THE HEAVY     
   RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER ON MONDAY.
 
 * RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN IS CAUSING FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW
   WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF
   FLOODING.
 
 THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
 CROSSINGS...
 
 ROUTE ZZ AT THE MYERS BRANCH NEAR RADER...
 ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
 ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
 ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA...
 ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA.
 
 IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE...THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
 ROUTE EE WAS CLOSED IN NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY.
 ROUTE U NORTH WAS CLOSED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
 A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
 STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
 HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
 IMMEDIATELY.
 
 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.