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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

615 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008





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DEKALB MO-CALDWELL MO-LIVINGSTON MO-DAVIESS MO-GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-

HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-

615 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON...NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN...GRUNDY...DAVIESS...

NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN

DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...



AT 602 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT HAVE RANGED FROM ONE 

TO TWO INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THIS SHOWER 

ACTIVITY HAD LED TO RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER 

HOUR...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN 

IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS EXCESS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SECONDARY ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS. THE 

FLASH FLOODING THREAT MAY LESSEN BY MID MORNING...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD 

AREAL FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...GALLATIN...HAMILTON...TRENTON...UNIONVILLE...CAINSVILLE...G

ALT...GILMAN CITY...JAMESPORT...MERCER...PATTONSBURG...PRINCETON AND 

SPICKARD.



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.



LAT...LON 4056 9270 4050 9270 4036 9315 4005 9338

      4008 9341 3963 9401 3998 9445 4004 9436

      4004 9423 4013 9422 4058 9356 4058 9272



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