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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

510 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 505 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER IN AREA DRAINAGE DITCHES 

  AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE NEAR CAPACITY AND IN DANGER

  OF OVERFLOWING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE TRAINING

  ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.  RUNOFF FROM THIS 

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  MERCER...MILL GROVE...MODENA...PRINCETON...RAVANNA AND SALINE.

  CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDED WEST AND EAST HONEY CREEKS AND

  THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 4058 9340 4028 9341 4028 9377 4059 9379



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