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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

130 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH 

  CENTRAL MISSOURI. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 

  TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

  NIGHT...AS THIS LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE SAME 

  AREAS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

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

  BLYTHEDALE...CAINSVILLE...DUNLAP...EAGLEVILLE...GALT...HARRIS...

  HATFIELD...HUMPHREYS...MILAN...MILL GROVE...MODENA AND MOUNT 

  MORIAH.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.





LAT...LON 4004 9286 4019 9288 4057 9380 4058 9423

      4044 9424 4004 9346



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