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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

237 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



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

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



  Chariton River near Prairie Hill affecting Macon and Chariton 

  Counties.



For the Chariton River...including Prairie Hill...Major 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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237 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...



* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is 

  forecast.



* WHERE...Chariton River near Prairie Hill.



* WHEN...Until Wednesday morning.



* 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 1:45 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 20.6 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.1

    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below

    flood stage Tuesday morning.

  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    22.6 feet on 06/23/2019.

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



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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts                

Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Sun   Mon   Tue          

                                      7pm   7pm   7pm          

Chariton River

Prairie Hill    15.0  20.6  Sun 1pm   21.0  17.8  11.2         





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

      3933 9299





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