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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 

720 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SALINE AND

NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...



AT 720 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 65 NEAR 

HUGHESVILLE SOUTH OF THE SALINE COUNTY LINE AND HIGHWAY K NEAR 

HOUSTONIA. WATER WAS ALSO COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY D EAST OF 

HIGHWAY H. ALTHOUGH WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NO LONGER 

INDICATES ANY PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING OVER THE REGION...RUNOFF 

FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR... 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS AND FLASH FLOODING 

THROUGH 8:45 PM.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.

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