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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

116 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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LINN MO-MACON MO-DAVIESS MO-GRUNDY MO-ADAIR MO-SULLIVAN MO-

HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-

116 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM...MERCER...

HARRISON...SULLIVAN...GRUNDY...NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...MACON AND

NORTHERN LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND WESTERN ADAIR

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 330 PM CDT...



AT 103 PM CDT...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ALONG WITH OBSERVED 

RAINFALL VALUES INDICATE THAT MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES WERE ESTIMATED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF 

HARRISON COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST MERCER COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS 

THE REGION WERE BECOMING WATER COVERED WITH SEVERAL STATE HIGHWAYS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MORE SPECIFICALLY...HIGHWAY 46 AND HIGHWAY 

M WERE CLOSED IN HARRISON COUNTY. HIGHWAY PP IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WAS 

ALSO REPORTED CLOSED...AND IN MERCER COUNTY HIGHWAY D WAS CLOSED. 

ADDITIONAL COUNTY ROADS ARE LIKELY CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3986 9230 3961 9230 3961 9249 3970 9274

      3996 9338 3998 9374 4015 9422 4057 9425

      4058 9296



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