WGUS83 KSGF 091657
FLSSGF

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1152 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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1152 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY.

* AT 1143 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE MISSOURI 
  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER 
  CROSSINGS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO RESIDUAL RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 
  ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SPECIFICALLY...LOW SPOTS ALONG 
  THE SPRING RIVER IN WESTERN JASPER AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE 
  SPRING RIVER IN SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY REMAIN FLOODED. IN 
  ADDITION...THE LIGHTNING CREEK IN SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN 
  CHEROKEE COUNTY REMAINS FLOODED. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY 
  RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ALLOWING FOR THE LOW WATER 
  CROSSINGS TO REOPEN. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. 

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. 

LAT...LON 3768 9507 3768 9463 3765 9462 3764 9408
      3729 9409 3729 9406 3705 9406 3706 9462
      3699 9462 3698 9464 3700 9508

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JLT