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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

811 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



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DAVIESS MO-GRUNDY MO-ADAIR MO-SULLIVAN MO-HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-

PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-

811 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLER...

PUTNAM...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON...SULLIVAN...

WESTERN ADAIR...GRUNDY AND NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000

AM CDT...



AT 801 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE PROLONGED RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 AM...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER THREE 

INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...MILAN...TRENTON...UNIONVILLE...BROWNING...GALT...GREEN 

CITY...JAMESPORT...PRINCETON AND SPICKARD.



THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4039 9263 4005 9285 4003 9315 4004 9335

      4001 9337 3995 9365 3995 9376 3992 9377

      3988 9389 4029 9384 4054 9344 4057 9268



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