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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

723 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008





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

723 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 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 930 AM CDT...



AT 716 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

UPWARDS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...WHEN COMBINED WITH 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM FRIDAY...HAS ALLOWED THE GROUND TO BECOME 

VERY SATURATED.  WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN HAS 

DIMINISHED...ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING.  

SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES...WITH RAINFALL RATES 

AROUND A HALF INCH PER HOUR CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 

FLOODING.



IN ADDITION...SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AT 

ELEVATED LEVELS.  THESE HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS IN AND ALONG THEIR PATHS. THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH TODAY...WITH THE 

THREAT FOR AREAL FLOODING CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



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.



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 4046 9238 4004 9278 4003 9285 3996 9285

      3985 9296 3984 9325 3998 9338 4006 9337

      4035 9316 4049 9275



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