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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

844 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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LINN MO-ADAIR MO-SULLIVAN MO-PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-

844 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM...

SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND

SOUTHERN SCHUYLER AND WESTERN ADAIR COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

UNTIL 330 AM CDT SATURDAY...



AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 

REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS CLOSED IN LINN AND ADAIR COUNTIES DUE 

TO FLASH FLOODING.



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...MILAN...BROWNING...GREEN CITY...GREENTOP...LINNEUS...

NOVINGER AND QUEEN CITY.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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 4046 9238 4004 9278 4003 9285 3996 9285

      3985 9296 3984 9325 3998 9338 4006 9337

      4035 9316 4049 9275



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