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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

325 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WITH 

  THE STRONGER STORMS. THE ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED IN STRENGTH AND

  COVERAGE SINCE 2:30 AM. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IS TRACKING TO THE 

  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  ARE FORMING FURTHER WEST OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEY ARE

  EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 

  RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS

  COULD REACH THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE BY THE TIME IT ENDS DURING THE 

  MORNING RUSH HOUR.  



* THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NEARLY SATURATED GROUND 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...KANSAS CITY...AVONDALE...BLUE

  SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...EDWARDSVILLE...EXCELSIOR

  SPRINGS...FARLEY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW AND 

  GREENWOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND

BARRICADES SET UP TO BLOCK WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE BARRICADES ARE

SET UP FOR YOUR PROTECTION.



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 3940 9423 3922 9423 3916 9413 3884 9413

      3884 9460 3904 9462 3906 9488 3903 9491

      3901 9491 3901 9491 3919 9489 3920 9480

      3940 9495 3941 9495



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