Cole County adds more roads to flooded list
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Cole County officials are closing more roads because of river and creek flooding while saturated ground and high creeks have caused the state to close three Boone County highways.
Cole County added two new roads -- the 1400 block of Blue Ridge Road and the 5600 block of Walnut Acres Road -- to its list of closings just before noon as rainfall continued in parts of Mid-Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Transportation reported closures of three highways in Boone County -- Route CC between Centralia and Sturgeon, Route E north of Columbia and Route ZZ (Strawn Road) in Columbia -- on its online map Thursday afternoon.
Flood warnings were in place Thursday for the Missouri River at Jefferson City and Hermann. The Moreau River at Jefferson City was also above flood stage Thursday. The National Weather Service predicts both rivers will go below flood stage at Jefferson City over the weekend or early next week.
Storms rolled through the area late Wednesday and early Thursday after heavy rain soaked the ground earlier in the week. The weather service measured close to an inch of rain at the Columbia Regional Airport between about 7 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday.
Some snow mixed in with rain Thursday morning around the area but did not stick.
Cole County Public Works said earlier Thursday that 11 roads were closed around the county because of flooding -- three of them had closed on Monday for the same reason.
- 7600 block of Campbell Road
- 8700 block of Payne Road
- 11100 block of N. Branch Road
- 5500 block of Loesch Road
- 5900 block of Bainer Road
- 3100 block of Zion Road
- 6100 block of Buffalo Road
- 1400 block of Waterford Road
- 1300 block of Murphys Ford Road
- 7900 block of E. Lohman Road
- 7400 block of Vaughn Ford Road
In Howard County, Route Z and Route H closed in both directions because of water going over the road. MoDOT said Route BB in Cooper County was closed for flooding near Gabrial Creek. Route V in northeast Cooper County was also closed.
MoDOT announced at 8:25 a.m. Route PP in southeast Macon County was closed between Lexington Place and Route V because of high water.
