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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

644 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT SEVERAL

ROADS REMAINED CLOSED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY B NEAR COFFEY AND HIGHWAY

13 NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD UU. 



FLOODING ALONG HICKORY AND BIG MUDDY CREEKS WAS PRODUCING WATER

OVER THE ROADWAYS IN THESE LOCATIONS.  THESE RIVERS WILL REMAIN

OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

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 4013 9391 4002 9404 3993 9404 3984 9396

          3993 9377 4013 9377



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