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Flood warning issued in Buchanan, Doniphan

Flooding in St. Joseph Photo courtesy C. Dodge
Flooding in St. Joseph
Photo courtesy Charissa Dodge

A flood warning has been issued for Northwestern Buchanan County and Southeastern Doniphan County.

At 6:22 the St. Joseph Police Department reported that its communications center is receiving calls of flash flooding in various low lying areas throughout the city.

The Flood Warning is in effect until 10:30 p.m. Monday.

* AT 634 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST UP TO 3 INCHES HAS
FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA…AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

At 6:45 p.m. a report came in of a vehicle stalled in high water at the intersection of Belt Highway and Faraon St.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ELWOOD…ST. JOSEPH…TROY…WATHENA AND AGENCY.

ONLINE SCANNER REPORTS INDICATE SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND ST.
JOSEPH CLOSED DUE TO HIGH FLOWING WATER.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES…

I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 51.
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

Also several reports of trees down in St. Joseph and multiple power outages.

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