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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

956 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF ONE TO ONE HALF INCH 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA IN THE PAST HOUR.  THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON TOP OF NEARLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM 

EARLIER TODAY...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...MOBERLY...SALISBURY...ARMSTRONG...

  CAIRO...CLARK...HIGBEE AND NEW FRANKLIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3961 9229 3926 9230 3924 9232 3924 9242

      3923 9244 3898 9259 3898 9275 3900 9288

      3961 9285



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