WGUS83 KEAX 092110
FLSEAX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 
410 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAM...

  TARKIO RIVER AT FAIRFAX 
 
AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...ATCHISON...HOLT

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY 
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.  THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER
AND STREAM INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.

MOC005-087-102110-
/O.CON.KEAX.FL.W.0101.080509T2241Z-080511T0130Z/
/FFXM7.1.ER.080509T2241Z.080510T0000Z.080510T0130Z.NO/
410 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE TARKIO RIVER AT FAIRFAX.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* AT 17.0 FEET...LOW-LYING FARM FIELDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.

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                       LATEST                   
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST

TARKIO RIVER
  FAIRFAX         17   16.6   FRI 03 PM   17.2 THIS EVENING

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