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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

536 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 530 AM 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...SEDALIA...MARSHALL...BOONVILLE...SWEET SPRINGS...

  SLATER...PLEASANT GREEN...PILOT GROVE...NEW LEBANON...NEW

  FRANKLIN...NELSON...NAPTON AND MALTA BEND.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3922 9344 3866 9341 3860 9313 3872 9308

          3877 9266 3925 9247 3930 9269 3920 9292

          3934 9315



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