WGUS83 KSGF 091646 FLSSGF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI... SAC RIVER NEAR CAPLINGER MILLS AFFECTING CEDAR COUNTY SPRING RIVER NEAR WACO AFFECTING JASPER COUNTY LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY .HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT CAUSED THE RIVERS IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ALTHOUGH THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOT COMPLETE...MOST OF THE RIVERS HAVE CRESTED OR ABOUT TO CREST IN THE NEAR FUTURE. NO HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING TO CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL RISES IN THE RIVER LEVELS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE) MOC217-100746- /O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080511T1800Z/ /HTNM7.1.ER.080508T0346Z.080509T1545Z.080510T1800Z.NO/ 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON. * UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 43.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 41.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ MOC217-100745- /O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080512T1800Z/ /NVDM7.1.ER.080508T1100Z.080510T0600Z.080511T1800Z.NO/ 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA. * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.3 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 25.0 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS NEAR THE GAGE SITE, WEST OF NEVADA. $$ MOC217-100745- /O.CON.KSGF.FL.W.0078.080512T0600Z-080514T0300Z/ /SCZM7.1.ER.080512T0600Z.080512T1800Z.080513T0300Z.NO/ 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY. * FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 30.2 FEET BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SCHELL-OSAGE CONSERVATION AREA. FLOOD WATERS ALSO BEGIN TO IMPACT THE OLD RIVER ROAD, NORTH OF SCHELL CITY, AND LOST CREEK ROAD, ON THE WEST SIDE OF SCHELL LAKE. IN ADDITION, FLOOD WATERS OVERFLOW THE MAIN OSAGE RIVER CHANNEL, AT THE GAGE SITE. $$ MOC039-100745- /O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080510T2140Z/ /CMZM7.1.ER.080507T2256Z.080509T0115Z.080509T2140Z.NO/ 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SAC RIVER NEAR CAPLINGER MILLS. * UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS AT THE GAGE SITE. $$ MOC097-100745- /O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0068.000000T0000Z-080510T2239Z/ /WCOM7.1.ER.080508T1315Z.080509T1315Z.080509T2239Z.NO/ 1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SPRING RIVER NEAR WACO. * UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 11:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FLOOD STAGE FOR THE SPRING RIVER AT WACO, MISSOURI. FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, AT THE GAGE SITE. FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT LOW AREAS NEAR GALESBURG, UPSTREAM FROM THE FORECAST POINT AT WACO. IN ADDITION, BLACKBERRY CREEK BECOMES FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER AFFECTS OF THE SPRING RIVER. $$ JLT