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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CITY NAME IN SECOND PARAGRAPH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1107 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR LINN

COUNTY...



AT 1102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE 

WAS OCCURRING FROM THESE STORMS.



THE LINN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS HIGHWAY 129 AT HIGHWAY 11 NEAR NEW 

BOSTON IS CLOSED...AS IS HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH OF BROOKFIELD.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE....



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4003 9289 3973 9289 3972 9336 4003 9336



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