Anabel Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 325 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 310 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
  AFFECT PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. RUNOFF FROM THIS
  RAINFALL HAD FLOODED MANY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SEVERAL
  STATE HIGHWAYS REPORTED CLOSED. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT
  IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BETHANY...
  BROOKFIELD...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE...LA PLATA...MACON...
  MARCELINE...MILAN...TRENTON...UNIONVILLE...ATLANTA...BEVIER...
  BROWNING...BUCKLIN AND CAINSVILLE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4022 9256 4013 9236 3995 9235 3995 9230
      3940 9232 3963 9330 3975 9369 3986 9376
      4018 9423 4057 9424 4059 9290
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SAW

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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 233 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE CHARITON RIVER NEAR PRAIRIE HILL.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  1:45 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 17.3 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 15.0 FEET...FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD.
                       LATEST
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST
CHARITON RIVER
  PRAIRIE HILL    15    7.9   THU 02 PM   17.3 FRIDAY MORNING
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SAW

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 403 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...HOWARD
  AND SALINE. IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...CARROLL...CHARITON...
  DAVIESS...GRUNDY...HARRISON...LINN MO...LIVINGSTON...MACON...
  MERCER...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH AND SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST
  MISSOURI...ADAIR AND SCHUYLER. IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  GENTRY...NODAWAY AND WORTH.
* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
  EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA AND INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. AS THE
  EVENING PROGRESSES...THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO
  INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN INTO NORTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAME AREA THAT HAS AND CONTINUES
  TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY ON THURSDAY. THIS
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING
  WHERE WATER LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. IF
YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA
RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
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STOFLET

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