Flash flood warning issued for eastern Jasper County

(From the National Weather Service)

.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN JASPER AND WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

AT 602 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF STOTTS CITY.
BOTH THE SPRING RIVER AND STAHL CREEK WERE FLOWING OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALBA...AVILLA...BROOKLYN
HEIGHTS...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...LA RUSSELL...MAPLE GROVE...RED OAK...
REEDS AND STOTTS CITY. 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 97 AT THE SPRING RIVER NORTH OF STOTTS CITY...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
ROUTE F...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDS...
HIGHWAY 97 JUST SOUTH OF STOTTS CITY...
ROUTE O AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ALBA.

RADAR ESTIMATES OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS
THE WARNED ARE OVERNIGHT.

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.