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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

334 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO-RANDOLPH MO-

CARROLL MO-CHARITON MO-MACON MO-

334 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE AND NORTHWESTERN

PETTIS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND MACON...CHARITON...

SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL

MISSOURI...AND EASTERN LAFAYETTE...JOHNSON AND NORTHERN HENRY

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT...



AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR AND 

OBSERVATIONS ALSO INDICATE THAT UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THIS AREA IN THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED MANY ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA 

IN THE PAST HOUR DUE TO HIGH WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER COVERED ROADWAY



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS

THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CONCORDIA...HIGGINSVILLE...

HOLDEN...HUNTSVILLE...KNOB NOSTER...MACON...MARSHALL...MOBERLY...

SALISBURY...SLATER...SWEET SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AIR FORCE

BASE...ALMA...ATLANTA...BEVIER...BLACKBURN...BRUNSWICK...CAIRO...

CALHOUN...CALLAO...CHILHOWEE...CORDER...HOUSTONIA...KEYTESVILLE...

KINGSVILLE...LA MONTE...LEETON...MALTA BEND AND URICH.



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.



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 3965 9231 3935 9246 3934 9280 3925 9284

      3841 9366 3843 9404 3875 9413 3898 9389

      3932 9338 3971 9294 3971 9286 3982 9286

      3996 9275 4003 9233



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