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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1038 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



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

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE

  INCH. IN ADDITION...THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS 

  BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SO EXPECT STORMS TO REPEAT OVER THE 

  SAME AREA OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FLOODING

  TYPE RAINS OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...AVONDALE...BASEHOR...BLUE

  SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...DE SOTO...DEARBORN...EASTON

  KS...EDGERTON AND EDWARDSVILLE.



THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

UPSTREAM COUNTIES OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL 

KANSAS. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3945 9461 3945 9422 3922 9422 3918 9418

      3890 9414 3886 9433 3887 9457 3877 9468

      3877 9501 3897 9502 3899 9516 3941 9515

      3942 9496 3951 9507 3953 9462



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MJ

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