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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1217 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



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JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-

1217 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL

MISSOURI...AND JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE  

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 

ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...HOLDEN...KNOB NOSTER...SEDALIA...WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AIR

FORCE BASE...CHILHOWEE...GREEN RIDGE...KINGSVILLE...LA MONTE...LEETON

AND SMITHTON.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 23 AND ROUTE Y HAS SEVERAL 

INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. 



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3857 9412 3889 9411 3889 9306 3855 9308



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