THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.8 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS AT 8.0 FEET...LOW SWAMPY TIMBERLAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD. FLOOD GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED AND EQUIPMENT MOVED OUT OF THE LOW GROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.
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FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN MON TUE
CACHE RIVER PATTERSON 8 8.8 THU 10 AM 8.9 9.1 9.6 9.8 9.6
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.8 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS AT 8.0 FEET...LOW SWAMPY TIMBERLAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD. FLOOD GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED AND EQUIPMENT MOVED OUT OF THE LOW GROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.
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FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN MON TUE
CACHE RIVER PATTERSON 8 8.8 THU 10 AM 8.9 9.1 9.6 9.8 9.6
THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELOW OSCEOLA * UNTIL SUNDAY MAY 26 BUT WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED EARLIER. * AT 10 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.0 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE FALLING. * AT 26.0 FEET...COLD CREEK IS NOW RUNNING SOUTH OUT OF OPEN LAKE DUE TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER HEADWATER FLOODING. JONES SLOUGH IS FLOWING NORTH TO GRAMMER ROAD. MANY SLOUGHS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD FIELDS. BRANDYWINE CAMP BEGINS TO GO UNDER WATER.
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Dry weather is expected over the next several days. Temperatures will be a little cooler over the next couple of days, but warmer by the holiday weekend. -Ryan
Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins.
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:16:48 GMT
MOORE, OK - The Oklahoma County Sheriff's office tweeted a photo of a frightened, muddy dog Monday after the deadly EF-5 tornado ripped through the town.The comment accompanying the photo said, "scared,
A heartbreaking photo of a little dog guarding the body of his owner, who was killed in the Moore, OK, tornado, is going viral.
Students who survived the powerful tornado in Oklahoma are recounting moments of fear and acts of bravery by their teachers.
The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:31 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:31:49 GMT
PARAGOULD, AR (KAIT) – A Paragould ministry is planning to help the Oklahoma tornado victims by ‘grilling up a storm.' The Mighty Mountain Moving Ministry has outfitted a trailer as a ‘Grilling Up a Storm'
A Paragould ministry is planning to help the Oklahoma tornado victims by ‘grilling up a storm.'
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:50 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:50:59 GMT
MOORE, OK (AP) - Walmart says it is pledging $1 million for the recovery from the tornado that devastated Moore. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said Tuesday that it will make donations of cash
Walmart says it is pledging $1 million for the recovery from the tornado that devastated Moore.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:51 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:51:49 GMT
JONESBORO,AR (KAIT)- In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado, the Craighead County Office of Emergency Management hosted a class Tuesday on how to handle volunteers and donations following a disaster. Veronica
In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado, the Craighead County Office of Emergency Management hosted a class Tuesday on how to handle volunteers and donations following a disaster.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:38:01 GMT
(RNN) - After an estimated 26 tornadoes hit five states on Sunday, and a massive EF-4 tornado leveled the Oklahoma City metropolitan area killing 24 on Monday - more severe weather is expected to impact
The Storm Prediction Center at the National Weather Service believes there is a high probability for severe weather in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:50 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:50:22 GMT
MOORE, OK (RNN) – In one of the few positive stories to come from the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma, an elderly woman was reunited with a four-legged friend she thought was dead. Barbara Garcia, a resident
Elderly resident Barbara Garcia frantically called for her dog after the tornado had leveled her house, but with no success.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:16 AM EDT2013-05-21 15:16:37 GMT
Tuesday got off to a stormy start in parts of Your Region 8. Viewers sent these photos as storm clouds rolled over their communities. To see more photos, click here.
Viewers sent these photos as storm clouds rolled over their communities Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:36:49 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the ground
Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:15:38 GMT
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon. Starting out as a classic funnel it quickly became a giant half-mile wide wedge tornado as it proceeded east north east
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon.
Monday, May 20 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:19:10 GMT
Branson officials say they are cautiously optimistic about this year's tourist season even though the city continues to recover from a 2012 tornado and the loss of two of its biggest stars.
Branson officials say they are cautiously optimistic about this year's tourist season even though the city continues to recover from a 2012 tornado and the loss of two of its biggest stars.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:12 AM EDT2013-05-17 15:12:30 GMT
DALLAS (KTVT/CNN) – The National Weather Service now says 16 tornadoes hit North Texas on Thursday. The tornadoes killed at least six people and destroyed several communities. Sheriff Roger Deeds has seen
The National Weather Service now says 16 tornadoes hit North Texas on Thursday. The tornadoes killed at least six people and destroyed several communities.
Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.
In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 8:48 AM EDT2013-05-14 12:48:54 GMT
TRUMANN, AR (KAIT) – An early morning earthquake has been measured just south of Trumann. According to a preliminary report by the Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network, a quake with a magnitude of 2.8
According to a preliminary report by the Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network, a quake with a magnitude of 2.8 was detected just after midnight Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 6:25 AM EDT2013-05-14 10:25:30 GMT
Missouri lawmakers have approved a bill creating a $15 million fund to repair infrastructure in areas where the president has issued a disaster declaration.
Missouri lawmakers have approved a bill creating a $15 million fund to repair infrastructure in areas where the president has issued a disaster declaration.
A Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-man international crew has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
By The Associated Press It's being called the first music video made in space.
In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
Tuesday, May 7 2013 2:01 PM EDT2013-05-07 18:01:51 GMT
(RNN) – The first thing most people with sinus infections want to do is go to the doctor to get a shot, but that may not be the best option. In the long run, it could make matters worse. The Infectious
Part of battling seasonal allergies includes understanding what they are and what causes them, which means a quick hit of antibiotics is rarely the right answer.
Visit the Region 8 Weather Watchers page today and register for a chance to win a FREE Region 8 StormTeam Weather umbrella, compliments of your local Barton's!
Visit the Region 8 Weather Watchers page today and register for a chance to win a FREE Region 8 StormTeam Weather umbrella, compliments of your local Barton's!
During inclement weather, check here for school closings, as well as churches, daycares, and employers. Register your organization to enter inclement weather status.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:01 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:01:35 GMT
A wildfire has burned approximately 3 square miles of grass and brush on ridges of the Coronado National Forest about a dozen miles from Nogales in rural Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona.The Soldier
A wildfire has spread to nearly 10,000 acres on ridges of the Coronado National Forest about a dozen miles from Nogales in rural Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona.
With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.
The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:57 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:57:01 GMT
CAVALIER, ND (KVLY/KXJB/CNN) - The potential failure of a dam near Cavalier, ND will keep the town's 13,000 residents out of their homes for the second night in a row. Families were evacuated Tuesday
The potential failure of a dam near Cavalier, ND will keep the town's 13,000 residents out of their homes for the second night in a row.
Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the home.
Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the home.
A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others.
A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was...
Ryan Vaughan has been with Region 8 through several tornado outbreaks, including April 2nd tornadoes of 2006 and the Super Tuesday Outbreak of 2008. Email RyanRead Ryan's Blog
Ryan Vaughan has been with Region 8 through several tornado outbreaks, including April 2nd tornadoes of 2006 and the Super Tuesday Outbreak of 2008. Email RyanRead Ryan's Blog Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanvaughan
As a native of Region 8, meteorologist Sarah Tipton brings familiarity with the viewing area to her job on the StormTEAM. She now anchors the Storm Center on Good Morning Region 8 and throughout the morning. Email Sarah
As a native of Region 8, meteorologist Sarah Tipton brings familiarity with the viewing area to her job on the Region 8 StormTEAM. She now anchors the Storm Center on Good Morning Region 8 and throughout the morning. Email Sarah Follow Sarah on Twitter @wxsarah
Meteorologist Bryan McCormick is a 24-year-old Arkansas native. He says weather is his calling. Bryan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. After spending ten years in Olive Branch, Illinois, his family
Bryan is a seasoned storm chaser and the StormTEAM's weekend meteorologist. He graduated from Mississippi State University as one of the top forecasters in his class. Email Bryan Follow Bryan on Twitter @bmccormick_wx
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