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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1041 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



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BOONE MO-

1041 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 1036 PM...THE BOONE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER INDICATED 

THAT NO FLOODING PROBLEMS HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THEIR OFFICE.  

HOWEVER...THE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME...MAY BE CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ON RURAL ROADS BETWEEN HARRISBURG AND MURRY.   

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3924 9244 3924 9211 3909 9211 3907 9211

      3906 9214 3895 9215 3897 9257 3900 9257



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