Flash flood warning in effect for McDonald, Barry counties

(From the National Weather Service)

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
MCDONALD AND SOUTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTIES...

AT 216 AM CDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY NIGHT WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN A CORRIDOR FROM
GOODMAN TO POWELL WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ANDERSON...BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE
PARK...EXETER...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...PINEVILLE...POWELL...RIDGLEY...
ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...ROCKY COMFORT...SELIGMAN...WASHBURN AND
WAYNE. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

HIGHWAY 76 3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.