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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

645 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 636 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. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 AM FROM KINGSVILLE TO CORNELIA. RUNOFF     

  FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...WARRENSBURG...CENTERVIEW...CHILHOWEE...COLUMBUS...  

  FAYETTEVILLE...HOLDEN...KNOB NOSTER...LA TOUR...LEETON...         

  PITTSVILLE...WHITEMAN AFB AND KINGSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

IS EXPECTED THROUGH 9 AM...FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING 

POTENTIAL.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3858 9411 3858 9411 3880 9413 3891 9411

      3890 9384 3893 9383 3892 9351 3864 9353

      3860 9351 3856 9353



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