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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1144 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

  WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE

  WITH THESE STORMS.  



* THE SOIL ALREADY IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...THUS

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

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

  TARKIO...FAIRFAX AND ROCKPORT.





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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4059 9523 4048 9522 4047 9519 4028 9519

      4026 9555 4029 9559 4031 9564 4039 9564

      4049 9571 4051 9569 4052 9573 4059 9578



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