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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

246 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 238 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN...WITH 

UPWARDS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR AND 

TROPICAL RAINFALL RATES GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR.  ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY THROUGH 5AM AS RAIN CONTINUES TO LIFT 

INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 

REACHING AN INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BROOKFIELD...BUCKNER...CHILLICOTHE...LAWSON...RICHMOND...BRAYMER...

  BRECKENRIDGE...COWGILL...HALE...HARDIN...HENRIETTA...LACLEDE...

  LEVASY...LINNEUS...MEADVILLE...NORBORNE...ORRICK...POLO...SIBLEY...

  UTICA AND WHEELING.



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.



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 3992 9325 3989 9287 3970 9313 3969 9329

      3958 9328 3922 9376 3922 9385 3915 9401

      3921 9399 3914 9405 3908 9426 3938 9412

      3943 9423 3977 9385 3978 9377 3982 9377

      4007 9341



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