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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 

1025 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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

1025 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 1022 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA.  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUED TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...WITH HIGHWAY D CLOSED EAST OF LAWSON...HIGHWAY 11 CLOSED 

SOUTH OF ROTHVILLE...AND HIGHWAY M WEST OF BOSWORTH CLOSED DUE TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNING 

AREA...ADDITIONAL LIGHTER RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT TWO 

OR THREE HOURS AS STORMS DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND MOVE SOUTH.  

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDER ONE INCH IN MOST 

LOCATIONS.



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...BROOKFIELD...CHILLICOTHE...MARCELINE...BOSWORTH...

BRAYMER...BRUNSWICK...BUCKLIN...COWGILL...HALE...KEYTESVILLE...

KINGSTON...LACLEDE...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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