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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1231 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-

1231 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON...MIAMI...SOUTHEASTERN

LEAVENWORTH AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...



AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED CONTINUED RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES PER HOUR.



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 EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...OLATHE...PAOLA...BEAGLE...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCYRUS...DE 

SOTO...EDGERTON KS...EDWARDSVILLE...FONTANA...GARDNER...HILLSDALE AND

KANSAS CITY KS.



RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN A 

HALF INCH TO AN INCH OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED BY 2 AM AS ANOTHER BATCH OF 

STORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3913 9460 3886 9466 3841 9467 3840 9505

      3896 9503 3909 9496 3919 9487



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