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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1209 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
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LINN MO-MACON MO-SULLIVAN MO-ADAIR MO-
1209 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SULLIVAN...MACON AND
LINN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND ADAIR COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGES ESTIMATE
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROOKFIELD...KIRKSVILLE...LA PLATA...MACON...MARCELINE...MILAN...
ATLANTA...BEVIER...BRASHEAR...BROWNING...BUCKLIN...CALLAO...GREEN
CITY...LACLEDE...LINNEUS...MEADVILLE AND NOVINGER.
THE FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 10
EAST OF KIRKSVILLE...ROUTE E NORTHEAST OF LA PLATA...HIGHWAY 149
WEST OF GILFORD...AND ROUTE HH SOUTH OF ELMER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN
THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
LAT...LON 3970 9284 3971 9311 3970 9336 4038 9337
4039 9286 4034 9285 4035 9236 3996 9234
3996 9229 3975 9230
MJ
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