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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

900 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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RAY MO-CARROLL MO-CHARITON MO-CALDWELL MO-LIVINGSTON MO-LINN MO-

900 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINN...LIVINGSTON...

SOUTHERN CALDWELL...WESTERN CHARITON AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN NORTH

CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND NORTHERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG 

A LINE FROM POLO...TO BRAYMER...LUDLOW...CHILLICOTHE...AND SUMNER.  

ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WERE COMMON. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE IN 

THE WARNING AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 

SITUATION...THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION 

ON ROADWAYS AS WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS MAY BE HIDDEN AT NIGHT.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BROOKFIELD...CHILLICOTHE...MARCELINE...BOSWORTH...BRAYMER..

.BRUNSWICK...BUCKLIN...COWGILL...HALE...KEYTESVILLE...KINGSTON...

LINNEUS...MEADVILLE AND POLO.



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.



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.



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 3999 9287 3937 9286 3937 9310 3938 9311

      3938 9314 3941 9319 3937 9320 3935 9418

      3969 9421 3971 9377 3983 9375



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