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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1041 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HOURLY 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. THE AREA

  OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* 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...BELTON...CREIGHTON...FREEMAN...GARDEN

  CITY...GUNN CITY...PECULIAR...PLEASANT HILL...RAYMORE...

  STRASBURG...BALDWIN PARK AND EAST LYNNE.



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.



BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3850 9458 3882 9459 3882 9414 3866 9414

      3865 9413 3858 9413 3856 9410 3846 9408

      3846 9408



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