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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1229 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR

  WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



* 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 WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CHILLICOTHE...AVALON...BEDFORD...CHULA...DAWN...

  FARMERSVILLE...LUDLOW...MOORESVILLE...SAMPSEL...SPRINGHILL...UTICA

  AND WHEELING.



DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING NEARLY 2 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH

THESE STORMS IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF

1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 1:30 PM CDT.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 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 3971 9338 3970 9330 3964 9329 3963 9327

      3961 9329 3960 9377 3995 9378 3995 9378

      3996 9337



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