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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

631 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 625 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS.  

ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE 

MORNING HOURS AS BANDS OF SHOWER ACTIVITY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.  

THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THESE STORMS WILL LEAD TO RAINFALL RATES 

APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES.  ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE STREAMS AND RIVERS WHICH ARE 

ALREADY RUNNING AT ELEVATED LEVELS.  FLOODING OF SECONDARY 

ROADS...LOW-LYING AREAS...DITCHES...AND PONDS CAN BE EXPECTED.



* SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN THE WARNING AREA DUE TO WATER 

OVERFLOWING DITCHES AND STREAMS. SEVERAL CURRENTLY CLOSED ROADS 

INCLUDE...STATE ROUTE 11 SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE AND STATE ROUTE B 

NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE.



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 4059 9272 4054 9269 4053 9271 4049 9269

      4046 9240 3971 9308 3970 9328 3956 9328

      3969 9269 3994 9234 3992 9234 4033 9233

      4059 9236



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