492
WGUS73 KSGF 232026
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2025
MOC009-097-109-119-145-232230-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-250923T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARRY MO-JASPER MO-LAWRENCE MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
326 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN BARRY, SOUTHEASTERN JASPER, SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE, MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
ROUTE U AT MIKE'S CREEK IN MCDONALD COUNTY. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
NEOSHO, MONETT, AURORA, CASSVILLE, PINEVILLE, GRANBY, ANDERSON,
SARCOXIE, PIERCE CITY, GOODMAN, PURDY, DIAMOND, EXETER, WHEATON,
VERONA, LANAGAN, FAIRVIEW, BUTTERFIELD, NEWTONIA, PIONEER,
FREISTATT, STELLA, WENTWORTH, STARK CITY, RITCHEY, ROCKY COMFORT,
RIDGLEY, POWELL, WAYNE, MCDOWELL, PLEASANT RIDGE, MADRY AND BIG
SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
CENTER CREEK AT AZALEA DRIVE, FLAT CREEK AT HIGHWAY U, SHOAL CREEK
AT FARM ROAD 2110, FLAT CREEK AT HIGHWAY C, NORTH INDIAN CREEK AT
ORCHID DRIVE, LITTLE SUGAR CREEK AT SKAGGS HOLLOW ROAD AND BIG
SUGAR CREEK AT BUZZARD GLORY ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MANY FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3705 9425 3710 9414 3709 9406 3702 9365
3681 9369 3654 9408 3650 9414 3650 9416
3650 9425 3650 9426 3650 9427 3666 9459
3694 9448
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
PC
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page