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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1237 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  WESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...ROCKPORT...BURLINGTON JCT...CLEARMONT...CORNING...

  CRAIG...ELMO...FAIRFAX...GRAHAM...LANGDON...PHELPS CITY...QUITMAN

  AND SKIDMORE.



SOME CREEKS OF CONCERN WILL BE THE LITTLE TARKIO CREEK...THE EAST 

FORK OF THE LITTLE TARKIO CREEK AND SQUAW CREEK.



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 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4015 9541 4016 9495 4056 9495 4057 9566

      4034 9559



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