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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

402 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



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LINN MO-MACON MO-ADAIR MO-

402 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACON AND EASTERN LINN

COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN

NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 359 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY TUESDAY EVENING WITH UP TO 

5 INCHES ESTIMATED FROM BETWEEN ATLANTA TO SOUTH OF NEW BOSTON. UP 

TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

630 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...LA PLATA...MACON...MARCELINE...ATLANTA...BEVIER...BUCKLIN

AND CALLAO.



MACON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STATE HIGHWAY 3 NORTH OF 

CALLAO WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD...COUNTY ROAD M EAST OF 

ATLANTA WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AND NUMEROUS LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WERE UNDER WATER WITH MANY GRAVEL ROADS WASHED OUT. 



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.



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 3997 9234 3995 9228 3968 9228 3969 9270

      3970 9271 3971 9295 4003 9294 4004 9285

      4013 9286 4014 9234



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