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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1050 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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MACON MO-

1050 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 900

AM CDT MONDAY...



AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM 

NEAR SOUTH GIFFORD TO ATLANTA...MACON AND EXCELLO OVER THE LAST FEW 

HOURS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA 

THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...LA PLATA...MACON...ATLANTA...BEVIER AND CALLAO.



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.



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 3997 9234 3996 9231 3961 9230 3961 9252

      3961 9261 4003 9284 4004 9282 4004 9239

      4004 9233



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