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Current Warnings:

Flash Flood Warning including Warsaw MO, Lincoln MO and Cole Camp MO until 1:45 AM CDT

This graphic displays a flash flood warning plotted on a map. The warning is in effect until 1:45 AM CDT. The warning includes Warsaw MO, Lincoln MO and Cole Camp MO. This warning is for Benton County in central Missouri. Avoid walking or driving through flood waters! Move immediately to higher ground! There are 16,845 people in the warning along with 10 schools and 0 hospitals.

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Benton County in central Missouri…

* Until 145 AM CDT Saturday.

* At 733 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE…Radar.

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…
Warsaw, Lincoln, Cole Camp, Edmonson, Whitakerville, Lakeview
Heights, Hastain, Palo Pinto, Racket, Fristoe, Zora, Mora,
Brandon, Crockerville, Truman Lake, Lake of The Ozarks and Truman
State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

 

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Current Watches:

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma until 2 AM CDT

This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 132 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 2:00 AM CDT. The watch includes parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The threats associated with this watch are a couple tornadoes possible, scattered hail up to tennis ball size possible and scattered gusts up to 70 mph possible. There are 3,797,798 people in the watch along with 1378 schools and 120 hospitals.

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Reporter John Rogger