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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1227 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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MACON MO-

1227 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON

COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 1225 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS 

IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING. WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED EXTENSIVE 

FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF LA PLATA...AS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 9 PM. 

MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA NOW HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 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...LA PLATA AND ATLANTA.



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.



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 3996 9233 3996 9229 3972 9229 3979 9244

      4003 9261 4004 9239 4005 9238 4005 9235



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