

000 

RWUS32 KSGF 080745

FFSSGF

MOZ097-101>105-080900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

245 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD...

OZARK...TANEY...BARRY...STONE AND HOWELL COUNTIES...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR 

MCDONALD...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...TANEY...OZARK...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...

SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES.



AT 220 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS...COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES FLOODED OR IMPASSABLE 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ARKANSAS 

BORDER. 



RAINFALL HAS BEGAN TO TAPER OFF OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 

THE RAIN ENDING WEST OF MOUNT VERNON TO CASSVILLE AS OF 230 AM. 

BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL 

MISSOURI...MAINLY EAST OF GAINESVILLE THROUGH 4 AM...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 

ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS IN THE WARNED 

AREAS. A FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM FOR 

TANEY...OZARK...DOUGLAS AND HOWELL COUNTIES...EMPHASIZING FLOODED 

SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



AS OF 215 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODED 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN TANEY...OZARK AND HOWELL COUNTIES. 



ADDITIONALLY...A BRIDGE NEAR KIRBYVILLE WAS CLOSED ON HIGHWAY 76 

EAST OF BRANSON...ALONG THE COON CREEK. ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS 

REPORTED FLOWING OVER THE BRIDGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. 



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3675 9459 3648 9458 3649 9168 3706 9164

          3706 9209 3681 9207 3680 9335 3697 9333

          3693 9362 3694 9406 3677 9408



JLT

