BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
312 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 308 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE INCHES HAS
FALLEN IN CENTRAL NODAWAY COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN INTO WORTH AND NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTIES
EARLY THIS MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALBANY…MARYVILLE…BURLINGTON JUNCTION…GRANT CITY…RAVENWOOD
AND SKIDMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.