

000 

WGUS73 KEAX 200246

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

935 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008



MOC095-101-107-159-177-195-200530-

/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080620T0530Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-JACKSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO-RAY MO-

935 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008



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

PETTIS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND RAY...LAFAYETTE...

NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL

MISSOURI UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD AREAS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN THE 

WARNING AREA. AREAS NEAR NAPOLEON...WELLINGTON...FAYETTEVILLE...KNOB 

NOSTER...AND LA MONTE WERE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT THIS EVENING WITH 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES APPROACHING THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN SOME 

LOCATIONS.  



LATE THIS EVENING...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSURES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  IN SALINE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 65 WAS 

CLOSED BETWEEN THE CITY OF MALTA BEND AND ROUTE N. JOHNSON COUNTY 

MISSOURI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS 

CLOSED IN AND NEAR THE CITIES OF WARRENSBURG...KNOB NOSTER AND 

CONCORDIA. MORE SIGNIFICANT CLOSINGS OF HIGHWAY 23 AND HIGHWAY DD 

WERE REPORTED IN AND AROUND KNOB NOSTER AND WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE.



WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...CONCORDIA...HIGGINSVILLE...KNOB 

NOSTER...LAWSON...LEXINGTON...MARSHALL...OAK 

GROVE...ODESSA...RICHMOND...SEDALIA...SWEET 

SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE...ALMA AND BLACKBURN.



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 3921 9377 3921 9372 3925 9366 3911 9313

      3854 9308 3852 9351 3896 9400 3899 9414

      3921 9422 3953 9422 3953 9377



$$



DUX

