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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

758 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  GRAND PASS TO ARCHIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID

  RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...ON NUMEROUS STREAMS

  AND CREEKS



 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SEDALIA...

MARSHALL...BOONVILLE...SWEET SPRINGS...SMITHTON...SLATER...PLEASANT

GREEN...PILOT GROVE...NEW LEBANON...NEW FRANKLIN...NELSON AND NAPTON.



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...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



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 3931 9266 3925 9245 3897 9258 3870 9263

          3871 9304 3855 9309 3853 9351 3927 9345

          3923 9341 3925 9334 3932 9329 3931 9299

          3919 9290 3931 9281



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