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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1206 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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HOWARD MO-RANDOLPH MO-CHARITON MO-

1206 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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

RANDOLPH AND HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS AREAS MAINLY FROM SALISBURY...TO CLIFTON 

HILL...MOBERLY...RENICK...HIGBEE...CLARK...AND ARMSTRONG EARLIER 

TONIGHT. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND UNDERPASSES 

IN MOBERLY.



THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL LIGHTER RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS IN MOST 

LOCATIONS.



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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