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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

925 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008





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WORTH MO-DAVIESS MO-GRUNDY MO-GENTRY MO-HARRISON MO-

925 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008



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

WESTERN GRUNDY...DAVIESS AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  A 

LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF EASTERN WORTH....HARRISON...DAVIESS...AND SOUTHWESTERN 

PORTIONS OF GRUNDY COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED 

THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE 

MOST NOTABLE ROAD CURRENTLY CLOSED IS ROUTE H NEAR GILMAN CITY.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDER ONE QUARTER 

INCH...EXCESS RAINFALL FROM EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND LOW 

SPOTS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ALBANY...BETHANY...GALLATIN...STANBERRY...TRENTON..GILMAN 

CITY...GRANT CITY...JAMESPORT...NEW HAMPTON...PATTONSBURG AND 

RIDGEWAY.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4057 9379 4026 9377 4016 9361 3996 9349

      3996 9377 3978 9377 3979 9421 4003 9421

      4005 9439 4012 9461 4046 9461 4058 9464



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