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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

151 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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RANDOLPH MO-MACON MO-

151 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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

RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE TEMPORARILY EXITED THE WARNED 

AREA....HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED TO 

THE NORTHWEST...AND WILL BRING RENEWED HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA BY 

3 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 11 PM...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM. MUCH OF THE 

WARNED AREA HAS NOW RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL 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...MACON...BEVIER...CAIRO AND CALLAO.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3995 9256 3980 9243 3972 9228 3941 9231

      3943 9248 3982 9277 4003 9286 4004 9282

      4004 9257



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