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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

601 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008







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PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-

601 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOPER AND SOUTHEASTERN

PETTIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 556 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED UPWARD OF TWO TO AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN AREAS FROM OTTERVILLE...TO BUNCETON...AND PRAIRIE HOME. 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...DITCHES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE 

LIKELY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BUNCETON...OTTERVILLE...PILOT GROVE AND SMITHTON.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3851 9344 3882 9303 3898 9272 3897 9256

      3891 9249 3867 9263 3867 9280 3870 9306

      3854 9308



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