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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

401 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2001



VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS ADAIR COUNTY ON THURSDAY EVENING...AND 

PRODUCED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.  THE RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL 

CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE...BUT SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND AT LEAST 

TWO HIGHWAYS REMAIN IMPASSABLE.  THE ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 149 BETWEEN NOVINGER AND CONNELLSVILLE WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AND HIGHWAY 11 EAST OF KIRKSVILLE...NEAR 

CLAY...HAD ALMOST A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.



RUN OFF FROM THE RAIN THURSDAY EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP STREAMS 

AND CREEKS ELEVATED WITHIN THEIR BANKS THIS MORNING...BUT THE 

SITUATION SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY MID-MORNING.



AS ALWAYS...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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL

DRIVING INTO LOW WATER CROSSING AT NIGHT AS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT

TO DETERMINE THE WATERS DEPTH.





STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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