Flood warning issued for southeastern Newton County

(From the National Weather Service)

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1111 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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CHRISTIAN MO-DALLAS MO-WEBSTER MO-NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO-DADE MO-
BARRY MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-LAWRENCE MO-
1111 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST MONDAY

* AT 1108 AM CST...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
  FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO OVER 6
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H JUST NORTH OF PLEASANT HOPE...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
ROUTE CC WEST OF FAIR GROVE AT THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER...
HIGHWAY 97 AT THE SPRING RIVER NORTH OF STOTTS CITY...
AND HIGHWAY 32 EAST OF BUFFALO AT GREASY CREEK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MONDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.