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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1109 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR

PETTIS AND COOPER COUNTIES...



AT 1105 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. COOPER COUNTY 

REPORTED HIGH U NEAR BOONVILLE WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AS WAS 

HIGHWAY 135 AT CLIFTON CITY. 



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...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3891 9255 3869 9263 3870 9307 3854 9310

          3853 9348 3864 9352 3891 9350 3895 9293



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