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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

113 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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ADAIR MO-SULLIVAN MO-

113 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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

AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE TEMPORARILY STOPPED ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE QUICKLY 

DEVELOPING JUST NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN MUCH OF THE WARNED 

AREA SINCE 9 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE BY 3 AM. MUCH OF 

THE WARNED AREA HAS NOW RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

THE PAST 24 HOURS.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 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...GREEN CITY.



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.



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 4031 9284 4004 9250 4004 9282 4019 9299

      4039 9314 4038 9286



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