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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

918 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006



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HARRISON MO-WORTH MO-GENTRY MO-

918 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006



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

GENTRY AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. COOP OBSERVERS 

REPORTED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE AREA SINCE 

LATE LAST NIGHT. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED 

FROM WORTH AND GRANT CITY TO BETHANY AND MOUNT MORIAH BY 11 AM.   



POCKETS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BETHANY... 

CAINSVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...GRANT CITY...NEW HAMPTON AND RIDGEWAY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

      4058 9464



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