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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

956 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. SINCE 9 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED IN   

  EXCESS OF INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED          

  AREA...WHICH INCLUDED LOCATION THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 4       

  INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL   

  CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SAME AREA BY 11 PM...WHICH WILL   

  LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  KIRKSVILLE...UNIONVILLE...BRASHEAR AND NOVINGER.



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.



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



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 4059 9288 4039 9269 4034 9268 4035 9263

      4026 9246 4017 9234 4005 9234 4004 9253

      4032 9286 4038 9286 4038 9298 4058 9326



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