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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

902 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-SALINE MO-

902 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SALINE...

SOUTHERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN COOPER AND PETTIS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL

MISSOURI...AND JOHNSON AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL

MISSOURI UNTIL 430 PM CDT FRIDAY...



AT 857 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

LOCATIONS OF HIGH WATER ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 

TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

EARLIER THIS MORNING.



HEAVY RAINS HAVE LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER A 

FEW BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CLINTON...FAYETTE...HOLDEN...KNOB NOSTER...SEDALIA...SWEET 

SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE...WINDSOR... 

CALHOUN...CHILHOWEE...GREEN RIDGE...HOUSTONIA...KINGSVILLE...LA 

MONTE...LEETON...NEW FRANKLIN AND URICH.



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.



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 3832 9407 3856 9407 3878 9410 3894 9358

      3893 9350 3896 9349 3926 9245 3899 9259

      3898 9273 3883 9303 3853 9342 3853 9352

      3841 9353



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