Emergency Management Director Mike Keltner shared the following information:
Areal Flood Warning from 4/16/2015 9:57 AM to 4:00 PM EDT for Adair County
* AT 855 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THIS RAINFALL IS IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS OCCURRED
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.