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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1100 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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HOWARD MO-RANDOLPH MO-CHARITON MO-

1100 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON...

RANDOLPH AND HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IN MOBERLY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

POSSIBLE.



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...FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...MOBERLY...SALISBURY...

ARMSTRONG...CAIRO...CLARK...HIGBEE AND NEW FRANKLIN.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3961 9229 3926 9230 3924 9232 3924 9242

      3923 9244 3898 9259 3898 9275 3900 9288

      3961 9285



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