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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

859 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS AREAS

  GENERALLY SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 92.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF

  UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED IN THE PARKVILLE...PLATTE

  WOODS AND TIFFANY SPRINGS AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  LAKE...DEARBORN...EDGERTON...FARLEY...KCI AIRPORT...PLATTE CITY...

  RIDGELY...WESTON...CAMDEN POINT...FERRELVIEW...AND HOUSTON LAKE.

  BRUSH CREEK...PRAIRIE CREEK AND THE SAND BRANCH OF THE PLATTE

  RIVER LIKELY WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING IN SPOTS.



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 3953 9462 3918 9462 3920 9476 3924 9481

      3933 9489 3936 9489 3938 9488 3952 9507



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