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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

301 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING AN INCH AND A HALF HAD 

FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREAS SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

RATES GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 

AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  MILAN...BROWNING...GREEN CITY...GREENTOP...LINNEUS...NOVINGER AND

  QUEEN CITY.





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.



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 4046 9238 4004 9278 4003 9285 3996 9285

      3985 9296 3984 9325 3998 9338 4006 9337

      4035 9316 4049 9275



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