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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
240 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Missouri...

  Tarkio River at Fairfax affecting Atchison and Holt Counties.

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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MOC005-087-080745-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0054.240507T0740Z-240508T2232Z/
/FFXM7.2.ER.240507T0651Z.240507T1400Z.240507T2232Z.NO/
240 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Tarkio River at Fairfax.

* WHEN...From early this morning to tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Low-lying farm fields begin to flood.
  At 18.0 feet, U.S. Highway 59 north of Fairfax begins to flood.
  At 19.0 feet, Flooding begins in the vicinity of Corning.
  At 25.0 feet, Levees in the vicinity of Fairfax are overtopped.
  Flooding of farmland along with homesteads and roads occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:15 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 17.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.6
    feet late this morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    late this afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Tue   Tue   Tue
                                      3am   9am   3pm
Tarkio River
Fairfax         17.0  17.7  Tue 2am   18.4  23.6  19.6


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LAT...LON 4044 9543 4044 9534 4018 9538 4019 9546


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SAW