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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

451 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA.

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  AVONDALE...BLUE SPRINGS...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN

  VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES

  SUMMIT...LIBERTY AND LONE JACK



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 7 AM.



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.



LAT...LON 3942 9425 3914 9423 3886 9415 3886 9459

      3910 9455 3942 9460



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