(From the National Weather Service)
.A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
CRAWFORD...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...DADE...CEDAR...VERNON...JASPER...
BARTON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...
AT 212 PM CST...RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN TWO
AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOCATIONS....INCLUDING ALONG
LIGHTNING CREEK IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...ALONG ROUTE K IN BARTON
COUNTY...AND ALONG COON CREEK NEAR THE BARTON AND JASPER COUNTY
LINES.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
AND ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION.
SIGNIFICANT RISES CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE SAC...OSAGE...AND
MARMATON RIVER BASINS...AS WELL AS ALONG TURNBACK CREEK...LIGHTNING
CREEK...AND THE SPRING RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
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