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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

726 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL 

OBSERVATION STATIONS HAVE REPORTED UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MIAMI AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CASS 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING ALONG A LINE FROM 

PAOLA...TO LOUISBURG...CLEVELAND...AND PECULIAR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BELTON...HARRISONVILLE...LOUISBURG...OSAWATOMIE...PAOLA...

  PECULIAR...RAYMORE...CLEVELAND...DREXEL...FONTANA AND FREEMAN.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE HALF AN ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE AS 

SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE OVER THE WARNING AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3873 9505 3874 9462 3883 9460 3883 9435

      3852 9433 3847 9447 3847 9461 3841 9462

      3841 9464 3839 9506



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