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WGUS73 KEAX 280330

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009



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COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HOWARD AND

NORTHERN COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...



AT 1027 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BOONVILLE 

REPORTED MINOR PONDING OF WATER ACROSS THE CITY. WHILE THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED 

EAST...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LINGER. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BOONVILLE AND NEW 

FRANKLIN.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3882 9255 3890 9298 3905 9295 3910 9252

      3898 9258 3892 9250



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