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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

824 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR 

PETTIS...COOPER...HOWARD...AND SALINE COUNTIES...AND UNTIL NOON FOR  

RANDOLPH COUNTY.



RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

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

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

SEDALIA...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...BOONVILLE...SWEET 

SPRINGS...SLATER...ROANOKE...PLEASANT GREEN...PILOT GROVE...NEW 

LEBANON...NEW FRANKLIN AND NELSON.



COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING REPORTS.



IN SALINE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 240 AND COUNTY ROAD 40 ARE FLOODED. IN 

ADDITION...WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY H.



IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 24 AND JJ IS UNDER 

WATER.



IN HOWARD AND PETTIS COUNTIES...MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED.



MOST 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. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3921 9344 3854 9345 3860 9314 3875 9310

          3872 9265 3902 9260 3958 9231 3959 9266

          3931 9270 3915 9287 3935 9318



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