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WGUS43 KSGF 301013
FLWSGF

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
513 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity for the
following rivers in Missouri...

  Big Piney below Fort Leonard Wood  -East Gate affecting Pulaski
  County.

For the Big Piney River...including Fort Leonard Wood - East Gate...
Moderate flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at 515 AM CDT.

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MOC169-011015-
/O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-240501T1701Z/
/BIGM7.2.ER.240427T1755Z.240430T1200Z.240501T1101Z.NO/
513 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Big Piney  below Fort Leonard Wood - East Gate.

* WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, east Gate Road west of the river and east
  of the entrance gate to Fort Wood floods. High ground training
  area floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.7 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 5:00 AM CDT Tuesday was 14.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.9
    feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    tomorrow morning.
  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.0 feet on 03/29/1977.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3788 9207 3787 9204 3782 9205 3781 9203
      3777 9200 3767 9203 3767 9210 3777 9209
      3783 9210 3786 9209


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