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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

239 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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JOHNSON MO-PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-LAFAYETTE MO-HOWARD MO-SALINE MO-

RANDOLPH MO-CHARITON MO-

239 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN COOPER AND NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL

MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN NORTH

CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND EASTERN JOHNSON

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 730 AM CST...



AT 227 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SLOWLY 

MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY 

REMAINED IN AREAS FROM MARSHALL...TO GLASGOW...ARMSTRONG...AND 

MOBERLY.  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS UPWARDS OF ONE TO ONE AND 

A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AREAS FROM WARRENSBURG...TO 

MARSHALL...FAYETTE...AND MOBERLY SINCE 10 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 

AM...WITH A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAIN EXPECTED TOWARDS DAYBREAK.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CONCORDIA...FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...KNOB NOSTER...

MARSHALL...MOBERLY...SALISBURY...SLATER...SWEET 

SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEMAN AIR FORCE 

BASE...ARMSTRONG...CAIRO...CHILHOWEE...CLARK...HIGBEE...HOUSTONIA 

AND LA MONTE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3929 9233 3913 9253 3888 9316 3857 9373

      3856 9401 3892 9378 3960 9246 3961 9232



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