Sunday, December 27, 2015

Flash flood warning extended for McDonald County

(From the National Weather Service)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 530 AM CST MONDAY

* AT 516 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EIGHT TO ELEVEN INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK...     ANDERSON...
  NOEL...                           GOODMAN...
  SOUTH WEST CITY...                PINEVILLE...
  LANAGAN...                        POWELL...
  ROCKY COMFORT...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL...
HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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