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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

154 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



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MACON MO-

154 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



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

AM CDT...



AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER SURGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING 

THROUGH MACON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EAST OF AN EXCELLO TO GIFFORD LINE...INCLUDING 

THE CITIES OF ATLANTA...MACON AND LA PLATA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO 

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 

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...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.



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.



LAT...LON 3997 9234 3996 9231 3961 9230 3961 9252

      3961 9261 4003 9284 4004 9282 4004 9239

      4004 9233



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