FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NEWTON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 133 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ALL OF NEWTON COUNTY. * CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SOUTHERN JOPLIN... NEOSHO... SENECA... GRANBY... DUQUESNE... DIAMOND... LOMA LINDA... LEAWOOD... SILVER CREEK... FAIRVIEW... SHOAL CREEK DRIVE... SAGINAW... NEWTONIA... STELLA... REDINGS MILL... WENTWORTH... STARK CITY... GRAND FALLS PLAZA... SHOAL CREEK ESTATES... RITCHEY... THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO... ROUTE CC AT LOST CREEK JUST SOUTH OF RACINE... ROUTE W AT SHOAL CREEK NEAR RITCHEY... AND ROUTE AA AT BUFFALO CREEK JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 71. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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