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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

545 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN 9 MILES   

  NORTHWEST OF LA MONTE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARRENSBURG...

  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AROUND 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

  PITTSVILLE IN 20 MINUTES AND NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 

  MINUTES IN LEES SUMMIT WITH THIS COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.



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

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



MUDDY CREEK 

SOUTH FORK OF THE BLACKWATER RIVER

DAVIS CREEK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3916 9332 3915 9348 3870 9350 3872 9340

          3872 9333 3873 9332 3873 9328 3874 9326

          3876 9307 3897 9306 3905 9295 3916 9292



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