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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

614 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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OSAGE MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-CALLAWAY MO-

614 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY...MONITEAU...COLE AND OSAGE COUNTIES...



AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARDSVILLE...

TIPTON...TAOS...ST. MARTINS...RUSSELLVILLE...MCGIRK...LINN...

JEFFERSON CITY...HIGH POINT...CLARKSBURG...CENTERTOWN AND CALIFORNIA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COLE... 

MONITEAU...AND OSAGE COUNTIES. 



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3869 9284 3870 9262 3857 9165 3828 9166

      3828 9219 3833 9220 3833 9241 3842 9241

      3843 9263 3857 9282 3861 9284



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