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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1219 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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ADAIR MO-PUTNAM MO-

1219 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PUTNAM AND ADAIR

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 1217 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE 

FLOODING AROUND THE KIRKSVILLE AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 9 PM...AND THE 

KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 9 PM. MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA HAS NOW RECEIVED BETWEEN 6 

AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.



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...KIRKSVILLE...UNIONVILLE...BRASHEAR AND NOVINGER.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4059 9288 4039 9269 4034 9268 4035 9263

      4026 9246 4017 9234 4005 9234 4004 9253

      4032 9286 4038 9286 4038 9298 4058 9326



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