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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

916 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...HARRISONVILLE...RAYMORE...PLEASANT HILL...PECULIAR...

  GARDEN CITY...FREEMAN...DAYTON AND BELTON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS...BIG CREEK AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES...SOUTH GRAND AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3849 9460 3883 9460 3882 9420 3855 9419

          3856 9412 3847 9411



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