At 544 PM CDT, Emergency management reported flash flooding and water rescues in Ash Grove and Ebenezer. Between 2 and 4.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 30 minutes. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, low water crossings, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Northwestern Springfield, Bolivar, Buffalo, Greenfield, Willard, Ash Grove, Fair Grove, Walnut Grove, Pleasant Hope, Morrisville, Everton, Brookline, Dadeville, Halfway, Halltown, South Greenfield, Aldrich, Sacville, Cave Springs, Brighton, Eudora, Ebenezer, Glidewell, Bois D'arc, Foose, Olive, March, Pennsboro and Stockton Lake.
Highway CC is closed from Fair Grove to Highway 13 in northern Greene County.
This includes the following low water crossings... Opposum Creek at Bannon Road, Sac River at County Road 1247, Turkey Creek at Highway W, Slagle Creek at 86 Road, Sinking Creek at County Road 181, Clear Creek at Farm Road 87 and Asher Creek at 560 Road.