Sunday, December 27, 2015

Flash flood warning issued for Branson area; three more inches of rain coming

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 349 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  COVERING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE BEEN IN THE FOUR TO OVER SIX
  INCH RANGE WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THE REST OF TODAY
  INTO MONDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BRANSON...                        TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
  HOLLISTER...                      SILVER DOLLAR CITY...
  KIMBERLING CITY...                FORSYTH...
  MERRIAM WOODS...                  CRANE...
  SHELL KNOB...                     KISSEE MILLS...
  REEDS SPRING...                   ROCKAWAY BEACH...
  BULL CREEK...                     INDIAN POINT...
  BRANSON WEST...                   GALENA...
  TANEYVILLE...                     MCCORD BEND...
  TABLE ROCK...                     KIRBYVILLE...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA...
HIGHWAY 176 NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK JUST SOUTH OF GALENA...
AND ROUTE BB AT CRANE CREEK 2 MILES NORTH OF ELSEY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MONDAY.

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