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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

204 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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ADAIR MO-PUTNAM MO-

204 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 1 AM...WITH NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE 9 PM. IN ADDITION...AN ASTOUNDING 6 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION MOST ROADWAYS LEADING INTO 

THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE...AS WELL AS INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY 

LIMITS ARE CLOSED DUE TO VERY HIGH WATER. 



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.



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 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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