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000 WGUS83 KSGF 210300 FLSSGF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1000 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI... OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE) MOC217-210330- /O.CAN.KSGF.FL.W.0117.000000T0000Z-080922T0102Z/ /SCZM7.1.ER.080914T0636Z.080918T1200Z.080921T0130Z.NO/ 1000 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY. * AT 9:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.9 FEET. * FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 8:30 PM SATURDAY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 22.7 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SCHELL-OSAGE CONSERVATION AREA. FLOOD WATERS ALSO BEGIN TO IMPACT THE OLD RIVER ROAD, NORTH OF SCHELL CITY, AND LOST CREEK ROAD, ON THE WEST SIDE OF SCHELL LAKE. IN ADDITION, FLOOD WATERS OVERFLOW THE MAIN OSAGE RIVER CHANNEL, AT THE GAGE SITE. $$
