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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

729 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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RANDOLPH MO-MACON MO-

729 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 724 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A 

HALF PER HOUR WERE FALLING ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF MACON...INTO THE 

MOBERLY AREA. THIS HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION BY 

830 AM...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM. 



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...HUNTSVILLE...MACON...MOBERLY...BEVIER...CAIRO...CALLAO AND

CLARK.



SOME ROADS CLOSED IN THE AREA INCLUDE ROUTE D D...ROUTE P P AND 

BUSINESS 36 EAST OF MACON. U S 24 WEST OF RANDOLPH SPRINGS IS ALSO 

CLOSED.  



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4004 9257 3995 9256 3980 9243 3972 9228

      3925 9233 3937 9259 3963 9271 3968 9269

      3970 9274 3981 9280 4003 9285



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