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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

649 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 649 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN JACKSON COUNTY SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  ALSO WEATHER SPOTTERS 

REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN JACKSON COUNTY.



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

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE LEES SUMMIT TO LONE JACK AREAS.





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 3901 9456 3887 9439 3889 9426 3902 9413

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