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FLWEAX



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

722 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and 

increased in duration for the following rivers in Missouri...



  Chariton River near Prairie Hill affecting Chariton and Macon 

  Counties.



For the Chariton River...including Novinger, Prairie Hill...Moderate 

flooding is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



This product along with additional weather and stream information is 

available at www.weather.gov/kc/.



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722 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is 

  forecast.



* WHERE...Chariton River near Prairie Hill.



* WHEN...From this morning to Wednesday afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Fields along the river begin to flood.

  At 19.0 feet, Farmland and secondary roads in the Chariton River 

  floodplain are under water.

  At 20.0 feet, State Highway 129 is overtopped by flood waters 8 

  miles north of Salisbury.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 6:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 17.1 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 19.6

    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below

    flood stage Tuesday afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts                

Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Sun   Mon   Tue          

                                      1pm   1pm   1pm          

Chariton River

Prairie Hill    15.0  17.1  Sun 6am   18.7  18.5  15.7         





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LAT...LON 3997 9273 3997 9261 3960 9268 3927 9290

      3933 9299





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