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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 

617 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006



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HARRISON MO-WORTH MO-GENTRY MO-

617 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARRISON...NORTHERN

GENTRY AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE OBSERATIONS INDICATE THAT TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 PM...IN ADDITION TO 

HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL OVER THE SAME REGION MONDAY MORNING. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES LIKELY.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...ALBANY...BETHANY...CAINSVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... 

GILMAN CITY...GRANT CITY...NEW HAMPTON AND RIDGEWAY. PERSONS LIVING 

ALONG CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE GRAND AND THOMPSON RIVERS SHOULD 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 4058 9378 4013 9376 4014 9423 4025 9461

      4058 9464



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