Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Aug 27, 2004, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2004, 3:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KEAX 280220
FFWEAX
MOC115-121-280815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
920 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
  AND TRACK ALONG HIGHWAY 36.  SINCE 6 PM...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES RAIN
  EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANABEL...ATLANTA...AXTELL...BROOKFIELD...BUCKLIN...CALLAO...
  ELMER...ETHEL...GOLDSBERRY...LA PLATA...LINNEUS AND LONG BRANCH
  STATE PARK.  COAL...LITTLE TURKEY...ELK AND EAST YELLOW CREEKS
  IN LINN COUNTY...WITH BRUSH...PUZZLE AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHARITON
  RIVER IN MACON COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4002 9239 3988 9231 3964 9236 3964 9266
      3972 9268 3975 9334 4003 9335

$$

SF

000 
WGUS73 KEAX 280435
FFSEAX
MOC115-121-280830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1135 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR LINN AND 
MACON COUNTIES...

BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN LINN AND MACON COUNTY  
AVERAGED 2 INCHES.  

DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADS...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT IN 
ATLANTA ROUTE J WAS CLOSED...IN MACON ROUTES PP AND DD WERE 
CLOSED...AND IN NEW CAMBRIA HIGHWAY 36 WAS CLOSED.  IN BROOKFIELD... 
WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY ALONG ROUTES P...M...B...AND HIGHWAY 36.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 1 AM WILL TAPER OFF SOMEWHAT. AN ADDITIONAL 
HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST 
AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST MACON COUNTY.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4000 9242 3969 9237 3973 9332 4001 9332

$$

LVQ

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.