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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

229 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005



MOC079-081-129-211-221230-

MERCER MO-HARRISON MO-SULLIVAN MO-GRUNDY MO-

229 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MERCER...NORTHERN GRUNDY...

NORTHERN HARRISON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY AFFECTING AREAS FROM 

TRENTON EASTWARD THROUGH MILAN. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY ACROSS NORTHERN GRUNDY 

AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY...EXTENDING INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS GRUNDY AND SULLIVAN 

COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM...BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS EXIT THE WARNED AREA. 

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THIS THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS IN 

LOW LYING AREAS.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS HARRISON AND MERCER 

COUNTIES...EXCESS RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH MANY 

CREEKS AND STREAMS LIKELY RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4004 9286 4019 9288 4057 9380 4058 9423

      4044 9424 4004 9346



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