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WGUS73 KEAX 040845

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

345 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



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

345 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



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

LEAVENWORTH AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...



AT 341 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MIAMI COUNTY...WITH LOW AREAS ALONG 

OSAWATOMIE ROAD UNDER WATER...AND UP TO A THREE MILE STRETCH OF 

HIGHWAY K7 SOUTH OF 169 HIGHWAY WAS UNDER WATER. THE STORMS THAT 

PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE 

MOVING EAST OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY 

PRODUCE A BRIEF BURST OF HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT OTHERWISE THERE WILL 

BE A BREAK IN THE RAIN THROUGH 6 AM.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 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.



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

      3896 9503 3909 9496 3919 9487



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