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WGUS83 KSGF 212330
FLSSGF




FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 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

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)

&&

MOC217-221430-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130524T1400Z/
/HTNM7.1.ER.130520T1352Z.130521T1015Z.130523T1400Z.NO/
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LITTLE OSAGE NEAR HORTON.
* AT  5:45 PM TUESDAY 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 41.6 FEET BY
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
  THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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

$$

MOC217-221430-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-130524T0409Z/
/NVDM7.1.ER.130521T0458Z.130522T0600Z.130523T0409Z.NO/
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA.
* AT  5:45 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.9 FEET BY
  TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
  LATE EVENING.
* 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

$$