Ashland Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1201 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
* MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
  CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSINGS DUE TO FLOODING CAUSED
  BY HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE FLOODING IS
  LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN
  HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING.  PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
  CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE CITIES
OF...CENTRALIA...COLUMBIA...FULTON...MONTGOMERY CITY AND WELLSVILLE.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3925 9243 3924 9211 3907 9211 3906 9165
      3915 9164 3914 9126 3885 9128 3885 9142
      3878 9142 3879 9239 3881 9239 3882 9242
      3891 9249 3897 9257
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CARNEY

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 418 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BROWN IL...CALHOUN IL AND
  PIKE IL. IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...KNOX...
  LEWIS...LINCOLN...MARION...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RALLS
  AND SHELBY.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
  MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AGAIN TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WILL MOVE OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL ON THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF KNOX...
  SHELBY AND MONROE COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CAUSING
  SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG PARTS OF THE NORTH...SALT...MIDDLE
  FABIUS AND SOUTH FABIUS RIVERS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE
AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
$$
TILLY

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