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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
739 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  AND MOVE ACROSS DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...GLADSTONE...AND WESTWOOD
  HILLS AREA.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
  OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KANSAS CITY...AVONDALE...BLUE SPRINGS...BUCKNER...EXCELSIOR
  SPRINGS...GLADSTONE...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...
  LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT AND LEVASY

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND
BARRICADES SET UP TO BLOCK WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE BARRICADES ARE
SET UP FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3935 9422 3920 9423 3914 9413 3909 9413
      3884 9414 3885 9461 3935 9461

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SF
