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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

744 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



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HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO-

744 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SALINE AND

NORTHWESTERN PETTIS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EASTERN

LAFAYETTE...JOHNSON AND HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL

1130 PM CDT...



AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THIS RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING IN HENRY AND JOHNSON COUNTY WITH WATER AND MUD 

COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 13.



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.



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 3856 9404 3916 9358 3926 9341 3923 9341

      3923 9336 3930 9335 3934 9326 3933 9324

      3936 9321 3929 9308 3903 9330 3821 9380

      3822 9408



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