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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

307 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



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ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY MO-HOLT MO-

307 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ATCHISON...NORTHERN HOLT AND

WESTERN NODAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 302 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ATCHISON AND NORTHERN HOLT COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL 

ADD TO THESE TOTALS. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...ROCKPORT...BURLINGTON JCT...CLEARMONT... 

CORNING...CRAIG...ELMO...FAIRFAX...GRAHAM...LANGDON...MOUND 

CITY...PHELPS CITY...QUITMAN AND SKIDMORE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 4015 9541 4016 9495 4056 9495 4057 9566

      4034 9559



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