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WGUS53 KEAX 190815

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MOC013-083-191415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

309 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 306 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 18 IS 

  REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE BETWEEN ADRIAN AND BALLARD ABOUT 1.5

  MILES EAST OF Z TURNOFF DUE TO HIGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.  



* 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...CLINTON...ADRIAN...ALTONA...BALLARD...CALHOUN...COAL...

  DEEPWATER...LA DUE...LEWIS...MONTROSE...TIGHTWAD AND URICH



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.



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 3830 9438 3847 9453 3845 9435 3844 9419

      3845 9409 3852 9408 3852 9403 3852 9354

      3823 9354 3821 9418



$$



MJ

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000 

WGUS53 KEAX 190815

FFWEAX

MOC013-083-191415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

309 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 306 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 18 IS 

  REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE BETWEEN ADRIAN AND BALLARD ABOUT 1.5

  MILES EAST OF Z TURNOFF DUE TO HIGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.  



* 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...CLINTON...ADRIAN...ALTONA...BALLARD...CALHOUN...COAL...

  DEEPWATER...LA DUE...LEWIS...MONTROSE...TIGHTWAD AND URICH



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.



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 3830 9438 3847 9453 3845 9435 3844 9419

      3845 9409 3852 9408 3852 9403 3852 9354

      3823 9354 3821 9418



$$



MJ

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