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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

809 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE KINGSTON...GALLATIN

  AND CHILLICOTHE AREAS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  AREA POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  CHILLICOTHE...ALTAMONT...AVALON...BEDFORD...BRAYMER...

  BRECKENRIDGE...CARLOW...CHULA...COFFEY...DAWN...FARMERSVILLE AND

  GALLATIN.



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. STREAMS AND CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE

SHOAL...LITTLE OTTER...BRUSHY...HONEY...MARROWBONE CREEKS...AS

WELL AS TRIBUTARIES OF THE GRAND AND THOMPSON RIVERS IN WESTERN

LIVINGSTON COUNTY.



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.



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 3997 9338 3970 9339 3970 9329 3964 9330

      3964 9377 3956 9379 3955 9423 4012 9420

      4012 9379 3994 9378



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