Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Flood warning remains in effect for Barton County

(From the National Weather Service)

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
CRAWFORD...BOURBON...VERNON...BARTON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM CST...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT
RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WEEKEND CONTINUED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING OF MAINLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WATER LEVELS SLOWLY RECEDE.

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 K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE J AT BRUSH CREEK 6 MILES WEST OF COLLINS...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
AND ROUTE M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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