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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1143 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



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BOONE MO-

1143 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR BOONE

COUNTY...



AT 1136 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLOODING RAINFALL

HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS REACHING 4 TO 5 INCHES NEAR

INTERSTATE 70 AT THE MISSOURI RIVER WEST OF COLUMBIA. 



THOUGH SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAVE ENDED THE RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS 

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCAL PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE 

LONGER. FOR THIS REASON WE WILL KEEP THE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR 

THE FULL TIME...THROUGH 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT MORE STORMS COULD FORM IN WESTERN

MISSOURI AND MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR 

EVENING.  KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.



AT LEAST AS DOZEN ROADS IN AND AROUND COLUMBIA HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

THIS MORNING. THESE SHOULD OPEN UP SHORTLY BUT DO NOT DRIVE 

AROUND BARRICADES JUST BECAUSE THE SUN IS SHINING.  THESE

LOCATIONS CAN STILL BE DANGEROUS



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3872 9240 3865 9220 3924 9214 3926 9242

      3901 9256



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