Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 19 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.
  OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY AFFECTING BATES AND VERNON COUNTIES.

  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CAUSED 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)

&&

MOC217-200739-
/O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-130621T1200Z/
/HTNM7.1.ER.130616T0328Z.130619T1545Z.130620T1200Z.NO/
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LITTLE OSAGE NEAR HORTON.
* AT 10:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 42.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 9454 3801 9437 3795 9437 3794 9455

$$

MOC217-200739-
/O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130623T1200Z/
/NVDM7.1.ER.130616T1615Z.130620T0000Z.130622T1200Z.NO/
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA.
* AT 10:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 22.6 FEET BY THIS
  EVENING.  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY 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

$$

MOC013-217-200739-
/O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0063.130620T1030Z-130623T0130Z/
/SCZM7.1.ER.130620T1030Z.130621T0000Z.130622T0130Z.NO/
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY.
* AT 10:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 30.6 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING.  THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 31.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS WEST OF
  SCHELL CITY.  COUNTY ROADS WEST AND NORTH OF ROUTE M BECOME
  FLOODED. THE FOUR RIVER CONSERVATION AREA 10 MILES WEST OF SCHELL
  CITY FLOODS.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 9416 3799 9406 3806 9406 3807 9415

$$




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