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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

721 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...



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SULLIVAN MO-PUTNAM MO-

721 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PUTNAM AND

NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...



AT 717 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT ADDITONAL STORMS WERE FORMING OVER EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF AREAS ALREADY 

FLOODED FROM PREVIOUS STORMS.



ADDITIONALLY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING THE FOLLOWING ROADS 

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...ROUTE 129 NORTH OF Y HIGHWAY... ROUTE M 1 

MILE WEST OF ROUTE E...AND ROUTE Y 2 MILES NORTH OF 136 HIGHWAY. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. THE MAJORITY OF FLASH FLOOD RELATED FATALITIES ARE THE 

RESULT OF MOTORISTS TRYING TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 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 4059 9274 4039 9269 4038 9270 4035 9268

      4034 9285 4030 9286 4029 9297 4058 9312



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