Saturday, December 26, 2015

Severe flooding forecast for Shoal Creek, Elk River

(From the National Weather Service)

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
917 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...Forecast Flooding Changed from Moderate to Major Severity for the
following rivers in Missouri...Kansas...
  The Elk River near Tiff City affecting McDonald County
...Forecast Flooding Changed from Moderate to Major Severity for the
following rivers in Missouri...Kansas...
  The Spring River above Baxter Springs affecting Cherokee County
...Forecast Flooding Changed from Moderate to Major Severity for the
following rivers in Missouri...Kansas...
  The Shoal Creek near Joplin affecting Jasper and Newton Counties



.Heavy rainfall this weekend will cause river levels to
rise above flood stage.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Those with property and livestock along the river should continue to
monitor river conditions.

Additional river information can be found on our Advanced Hydrologic
Prediction Service page at http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/
index.php?wfo=sgf

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