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.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
NWS; Flash flood emergency issued for Newton Co. 6-8 inches of rain already
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.
I-49 closed in Jasper County, detours provided for northbound, southbound traffic
MODOT provided the following tweets on the closing of 1-49 in Jasper County and detours for northboud and southbound traffic.
- Southbound I-49 DETOUR: MO160 @ Lamar, west on MO160 to MO43, then south on US43 to MO171 (Stone’s Corner), and then east on MO171 to I-49.
- I-49 in Jasper County closed due to water over the road. Detour information to follow!
MoDOT Southwest Joplin Police issue warning to mind barricades; water has risen considerably
(From the Joplin Police Department)
We would like to warn everyone to mind the barricades and keep from driving in the areas of Glendale and Hearnes, Glendale and Jackson, Glendale and Riverside, and in the McClelland Park area.
Water in these areas has risen considerably and if barricades are in place they are there to protect drivers from becoming stranded and/or damaging their vehicles.
We would like to warn everyone to mind the barricades and keep from driving in the areas of Glendale and Hearnes, Glendale and Jackson, Glendale and Riverside, and in the McClelland Park area.
Water in these areas has risen considerably and if barricades are in place they are there to protect drivers from becoming stranded and/or damaging their vehicles.
Long-time state senator Emory Melton dead at 92
Melton was known for his bi-partisan approach to legislation as well as being one of the few legislators to make it a point to read every word of every bill.
A complete obituary for Sen. Melton can be found at Inside Joplin Obituaries.
Flood warning continues for Jasper County, three more inches of rain possible
(From the National Weather Service)
FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 902 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 KSC011-021-037-MOC011-015-029-039-097-131-141-185-217-281515- /O.EXT.KSGF.FA.W.0100.000000T0000Z-151228T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CRAWFORD KS-BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-MORGAN MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO- JASPER MO-MILLER MO-BARTON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-CAMDEN MO-BENTON MO- 902 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... WESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 915 AM CST MONDAY * AT 859 AM CST...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AFTER A BREAK FROM RAINFALL THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. * 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... HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS... ROUTE V AT DEER CREEK NEAR HASTAIN... ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA... ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION... AND ROUTE DD AT KNOBBY CREEK 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDWARDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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.
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 MOC009-043-057-059-077-109-119-145-167-209-225-281715- /O.EXT.KSGF.FA.W.0102.000000T0000Z-151228T1715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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.
Flash flood emergency warning issued in McDonald County
(From the National Weather Service)
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MCDONALD COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 1136 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT TO HISTORICAL FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ALL OF MCDONALD COUNTY. * CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK... ANDERSON... NOEL... SOUTH WEST CITY... PINEVILLE... LANAGAN... POWELL... THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL... HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON... AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED HISTORICAL LEVELS AND ARE EXPECTED TO RISE FURTHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN ANDERSON AND NOEL HAVE ALREADY FLOODED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF MORE HOMES FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. AREA STREAM GAGES INDICATE FLOOD WATERS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY TO MAJOR OR RECORD LEVELS.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Billy Long: We must protect ourselves against EMP attacks
Recent terrorist attacks around the globe have people on edge and have refocused national attention on how best to avoid another attack here in America. In recent weeks, Congress has taken steps to protect Americans from radical Islamists and others who would attempt to sneak into the U.S. through our immigration systems. I am proud of the measures we’ve taken but believe that we must also look at other threats to America as well, such as electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
An EMP could come naturally in the form of a massive solar flare or from an attack caused by the detonation of a single nuclear weapon in the atmosphere over America. Either could black out our power centers and electrical grid for months or years. No matter the origin of the pulse, it would obviously be devastating to our way of life and military readiness. In a 2008 report by the Congressional EMP Commission, estimates showed that tens of millions of Americans could perish from starvation and societal breakdown following an EMP attack.
It is already known that nations like Russia and China already have the capability to launch an EMP attack. Less stable actors like North Korea and rogue states in the Middle East may not be far behind. If these types of nations were able to build this technology, it would increase the threat that the capability for such an attack could fall into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or other terrorist organizations.
The U.S. has become the world’s leading energy producer, but our pipelines and electric grid haven’t kept pace with the rapid transition. To protect against an EMP threat, energy and electric industries have some measures in place to protect critical assets against the threat of EMP attacks, which includes preparation, prevention, response, and recovery plans. Additionally, the Pentagon moved the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) communications center back into the EMP-resistant Cheyenne Mountain facility this past April to protect military operations from EMPs.
In Congress, we have taken steps to harden the electric grid and make it more resilient in the North American Security and Infrastructure Act, which passed the House earlier this month. This bill improves the transmission, distribution, and storage of energy to meet the modern challenges of a potential EMP attack, whether it happened on the ground or in the air. It also hardens our transformers and creates a Strategic Transformer Reserve to store large mobile transformers to quickly replace damage from an EMP attack.
Though these precautions are a step in the right direction, they aren’t enough to fully protect the American people from this threat. We need a total review and new approach to how America can best deter these threats. Going forward, I will continue to fight for better intelligence gathering, implementing clearer standards of how systems and equipment are tested, and the maintaining of periodic evaluations for the condition of central electric grid infrastructures.
Strong to severe thunderstorms possible today, snow Monday
(From the National Weather Service)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 404 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271015- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 404 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENT IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FOCUSED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY STARTING LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AREAS THAT DO NOT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING DURING THIS EVENT. FOR SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...FLOODING COULD EXCEED THAT SEEN DURING THE SPRING 2008 AND 2011 FLOODS. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND A BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE CONDITIONAL ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT CAN DEVELOP. NORTH TO NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL START TO GUST TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...MANY RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AT LEAST MODERATE FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY...WITH SEVERAL RIVER POINTS REACHING MAJOR OR EVEN RECORD FLOOD STAGE. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG OR NEAR AREA RIVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS THIS STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. NO WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
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