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WGUS53 KEAX 280220

FFWEAX

MOC115-121-280815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

920 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP

  AND TRACK ALONG HIGHWAY 36.  SINCE 6 PM...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES RAIN

  EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ANABEL...ATLANTA...AXTELL...BROOKFIELD...BUCKLIN...CALLAO...

  ELMER...ETHEL...GOLDSBERRY...LA PLATA...LINNEUS AND LONG BRANCH

  STATE PARK.  COAL...LITTLE TURKEY...ELK AND EAST YELLOW CREEKS

  IN LINN COUNTY...WITH BRUSH...PUZZLE AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHARITON

  RIVER IN MACON COUNTY.



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.



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 4002 9239 3988 9231 3964 9236 3964 9266

      3972 9268 3975 9334 4003 9335



$$



SF

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000 

WGUS53 KEAX 280220

FFWEAX

MOC115-121-280815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

920 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP

  AND TRACK ALONG HIGHWAY 36.  SINCE 6 PM...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES RAIN

  EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ANABEL...ATLANTA...AXTELL...BROOKFIELD...BUCKLIN...CALLAO...

  ELMER...ETHEL...GOLDSBERRY...LA PLATA...LINNEUS AND LONG BRANCH

  STATE PARK.  COAL...LITTLE TURKEY...ELK AND EAST YELLOW CREEKS

  IN LINN COUNTY...WITH BRUSH...PUZZLE AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHARITON

  RIVER IN MACON COUNTY.



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.



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 4002 9239 3988 9231 3964 9236 3964 9266

      3972 9268 3975 9334 4003 9335



$$



SF

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