WGUS83 KSGF 041358
FLSSGF

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
853 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008

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853 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY 
AREA. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 730 AM OVER 
EASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTY...MOVING EASTWARD INTO 
WESTERN OREGON COUNTY. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING.  
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY   
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.  MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON 
HIGHWAY 142 WEST OF MOODY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING 
OF WATER IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3670 9242 3670 9154 3649 9139 3649 9241

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