Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued May 18 at 3:19PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 1:19pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description:
FFWSGF
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Benton County in central Missouri...
Camden County in central Missouri...
Northeastern Hickory County in central Missouri...
West Central Miller County in central Missouri...
Southern Morgan County in central Missouri...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 319 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up
to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
Osage Beach, Camdenton, Village of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark,
Laurie, Macks Creek, Sunrise Beach, Linn Creek, Gravois Mills,
Climax Springs, Bagnell, Lakeside, Barnumton, Purvis, Hurricane
Deck, Green Bay Terrace, Roach, Old Linn Creek, Knobby, Rocky
Mount, Branch, Edwards, Lakeview, Decaturville, Hastain, Lake of
The Ozarks, Ha Ha Tonka State Park and Lake of The Ozarks State
Park.
This includes the following low water crossings...
Rainy Creek at Knobby Road, Blue Springs Creek at Highway Z, Kolb
Branch at Kolb Hollow Road, Little Niangua at County Road 200,
Little Niangua at County Road 66, Macks Creek at Coffey Hollow
Road and Deer Creek at Highway V.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Benton, MO; Camden, MO; Hickory, MO; Miller, MO; Morgan, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Springfield MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov