Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
932 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSOURI...

  LITTLE OSAGE NEAR HORTON AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY
  MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.
  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO
  RISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/
INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE)

&&

MOC217-211732-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130525T0124Z/
/HTNM7.1.ER.130520T1352Z.130523T1200Z.130524T0124Z.NO/
932 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LITTLE OSAGE NEAR HORTON.
* AT  8:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 41.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 41.5 FEET BY
  TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY
  EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 41.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
  THE GAGE SITE AND FARMLAND ALONG THE RIVER.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 9454 3801 9437 3795 9437 3794 9455

$$

MOC217-211732-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0034.130521T0800Z-130524T1224Z/
/NVDM7.1.ER.130521T0800Z.130522T1200Z.130523T1224Z.NO/
932 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA.
* AT  8:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 22.5 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS IMPACT THE COUNTY ROAD WEST OF
  NEVADA AT THE GAGE SITE.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 9454 3784 9441 3791 9435 3793 9438

$$
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