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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1050 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

HENRY COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT 

LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUED. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY 

ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTS B HIGHWAY NEAR BLAIRSTOWN IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3840 9353 3822 9353 3823 9356 3820 9358

          3822 9406 3856 9406 3855 9353 3823 9356



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