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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

710 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOWARD AND NORTHERN

COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...



AT 710 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF NORTHERN 

PETTIS AND SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST AND OUT OF THE 

AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH 

8:30 PM DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FORM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER OF COOPER COUNTY REPORTED MAIN STREET CLOSED 

IN BUNCETON AT 6:52 PM. IN ADDITION...CARS WERE REPORTED FLOATING 

DOWN THE STREET IN BOONVILLE WHERE 2.40 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 45 

MINUTES. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.



LAT...LON 3882 9306 3880 9257 3924 9246 3932 9278

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