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WGUS83 KSGF 231451
FLSSGF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
951 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSOURI...

  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)

&&

MOC217-231521-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-130524T1400Z/
/NVDM7.1.ER.130521T0458Z.130522T1330Z.130523T1345Z.NO/
951 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA.
* AT  9:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  8:45 AM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 13.0 FEET BY TOMORROW
  MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS NEAR THE GAGE SITE AND
  AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 9454 3784 9441 3791 9435 3793 9438

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