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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

720 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



MOC135-181445-

MONITEAU MO-

720 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR MONITEAU

COUNTY...



AT 718 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY NEAR TIPTON. HIGHWAY

B 1/2 MILE NORTH OF TIPTON IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  HIGHWAY BB

4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIPTON HAS 4 FEET OF WATER OVER THE LOW WATER

BRIDGE THERE. ROADS IN TIPTON ARE FLOODED AND TRAFFIC IS HAVING 

MAJOR DIFFICULTY GETTING THROUGH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAMESTOWN

AND TIPTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE

THROUGH 830AM.  IN ADDITION...MORE STORMS HAVE FORMED EST OF KANSAS

CITY AND MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND 930AM.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN KELLY CREEK...WILLOW FORK...SMILEY 

CREEK AND OTHER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES IN THE AREA. LOCAL RESIDENTS 

SAY THAT KELLY CREEK ON HIGHWAY BB IS AS HIGH AS IN 1993.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3868 9263 3891 9250 3886 9248 3881 9240

      3875 9242 3872 9240 3843 9250 3843 9258

      3844 9263 3858 9282 3868 9284



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