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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

603 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 559 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...

  SEDALIA...BELLAIR...BUNCETON...CLIFTON CITY...DRESDEN...

  HOUSTONIA...HUGHESVILLE...LA MONTE...LONGWOOD...NEW LEBANON...

  OTTERVILLE AND PILOT GROVE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA...AND MAY BRING AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING.



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 3894 9253 3870 9263 3865 9308 3862 9347

      3892 9343



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