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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

633 PM CDT THU APR 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 633 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MILAN

  EAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH 8 PM AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN

  HOUR. 



  THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 6 HAS

  BEEN CLOSED AT THE JUNCTION OF ROUTE 129.



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT

  OF FLASH FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS



  LOCUST CREEK

  SPRING CREEK 

  FLOYD CREEK

  HOG CREEK 

  MEDICINE CREEK 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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