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WGUS83 KEAX 241200
FLSEAX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
656 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
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GRUNDY MO-SULLIVAN MO-HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-PUTNAM MO-
656 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN PUTNAM...MERCER...HARRISON...WESTERN SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN
GRUNDY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...
AT 653 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THIS REGION. ADDITIONAL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THIS REGION THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL
KEEP DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. LOW WATER CROSSING MAY
ALSO BECOME IMPASSIBLE.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BETHANY...MILAN...CAINSVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...GALT...
MERCER...NEW HAMPTON...PRINCETON...RIDGEWAY AND SPICKARD.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
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.
LAT...LON 4057 9308 4029 9301 4004 9300 4019 9420
4056 9422
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