052  
WGUS53 KSGF 080317  
FFWSGF  
MOC011-057-097-109-080930-  
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0001.240308T0317Z-240308T0930Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
917 PM CST THU MAR 7 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...  
SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...  
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...  
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 330 AM CST FRIDAY.  
 
* AT 917 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CARTHAGE, GREENFIELD, LOCKWOOD, JASPER, GOLDEN CITY, CARYTOWN,  
SOUTH GREENFIELD, DUDENVILLE, MEINERT, MAPLE GROVE, RED OAK,  
KENOMA, BOSTON, PENNSBORO AND STOCKTON LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS...  
MUDDY CREEK AT HIGHWAY 126, DRY FORK AT PINE ROAD, SONS CREEK AT  
COUNTY ROAD 113, SINKING CREEK AT COUNTY ROAD 181 AND LOUSY BRANCH  
AT COUNTY ROAD 85.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MANY FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE  
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3740 9444 3748 9408 3748 9406 3749 9369  
3742 9369 3732 9377 3720 9405 3720 9440  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
JT  
 
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