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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

948 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

  FROM PURDIN TO SUMNER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE COOPERATIVE

  OBSERVER AT BROOKFIELD REPORTED 1.28 INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM THE

  CURRENT STORMS. HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH OF BROOKFIELD HAS BEEN CLOSED 

  DUE TO HIGH WATER.



* 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 THE FOLLOWING STREAMS

  AND CREEKS...



  PARSON CREEK...LOCUST CREEK...MUDDY CREEK...LONG BRANCH...EAST AND 

  WEST YELLOW CREEK...ELK CREEK. 



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

PURDIN...NEW BOSTON...MEADVILLE...LINNEUS...BUCKLIN AND BROOKFIELD.



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.



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 4003 9286 3971 9287 3972 9335 4003 9336



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