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WGUS43 KEAX 101916
FLWEAX
MOC037-083-101-111900-
          
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 
213 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
  
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE...

...BIG CREEK NEAR BLAIRSTOWN

HEAVY RAINS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS PUSHED BIG CREEK AT 
BLAIRSTOWN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

...FOR THE BIG CREEK AT BLAIRSTOWN...MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 
WITH A STAGE OF 21.1 FEET MEASURED AT 2 PM SATURDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 
20.0 FEET. THE FORECASTED CREST WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
AT 23.0 FEET...THE WEST APPROACH TO THE N HIGHWAY 
BRIDGE...0.2 MILES WEST OF BLAIRSTOWN...FLOODS. IN ADDITION...B 
HIGHWAY NEAR BIG CREEK...SEVERAL MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAIRSTOWN...
FLOODS.  AT 20.0 FEET...THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.  

                       LATEST                   
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST

BIG CREEK
  BLAIRSTOWN      20   21.1   SAT 02 PM                           

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.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR 
LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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