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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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WORTH MO-ANDREW MO-HOLT MO-GENTRY MO-NODAWAY MO-ATCHISON MO-

1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHISON...NODAWAY...

NORTHERN GENTRY...HOLT...NORTHWESTERN ANDREW AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL

200 AM CDT...



AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM AN INCH TO TWO 

AND A HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN. 



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING 

OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MARYVILLE...MOUND 

CITY...STANBERRY...TARKIO...BURLINGTON 

JUNCTION...CRAIG...FAIRFAX...FILLMORE...FOREST CITY...GRANT 

CITY...HOPKINS...MAITLAND...OREGON...RAVENWOOD AND ROCKPORT.



IN ADDITION...SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER ALONG THE NODAWAY RIVER...THE 102 RIVER AND THE TARKIO 

RIVER. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THOSE RIVERS...AND THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES OVERNIGHT.



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 ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE 

ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4057 9424 4029 9423 4013 9464 3991 9508

      4004 9534 4057 9570



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