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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR...WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES LIKELY
OVER SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...MARIONVILLE..
PIERCE CITY...VERONA...CHESAPEAKE...FREISTATT...HOBERG...MADRY...
PLEASANT RIDGE AND STOTTS CITY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3718 9363 3686 9363 3685 9406 3715 9406

$$

BOOKBINDER


*** rain gauge is reading 4 1/2" and still pouring... streets in town are underwater... even our street ***

How much rain did you have total?????

It is still coming down... my basement (my room) is now flooding. We are down in the room taking turns with the shop-vac. Roads in town are closed... and the pool is overflowing. Fun!

By the way... I went out and dumped the rain gauge just now. 5 1/2" and still raining!

OMG!!! I did not realize you were having heavy rain down that way still! I will have to check out NOAA's site.

5 3/4" and now it is finally slowed to just a steady light rain.

Thank goodness the rainfall is slowing down! Hopefully the light rain will end very soon and you can start to dry out.

Kristi

Yeah, I need to run over to my mom's (who is out of town) to check and see if there is any water where it shouldn't be there, too.

Take care out there, Garrett!

breeze wrote:Take care out there, Garrett!

Thanks Annette. I Just called a neighbor about 15 minutes ago who lives next to mom and she said that the road has been washed out. Mom lives over on the NE side of town and they had put down gravel and were going to pave it starting this upcoming week. Alivia (the neighbor) said they were only letting residents in.

Has the rain stopped completely, yet?

Yeah... the front is about to move through. Once that moves through then we should completely start to dry out.

Go halfway between Joplin and Springfield and then at the border of those two counties is Monett.

Thank goodness! It does look to be moving on
out!

Hi Garrett,
How are things down there??????

Kristi (my name didn't show up in my signature)

Kristi,

Things are calming down around here. Almost all of the streets are back open. I heard while ago that the downtown flooded. I know there was some water damage to a few businesses.

That's sad, Garrett. Your Mom's house OK??

Kristi

Mom's house is fine, but I can't get to it becuase the city is still working on the street. Alivia checked it out for me.

Hopefully you can get over there soon to check it out.

Kristi

It will probably be after church tomorrow.

At least it is supposed to be nice tomorrow.