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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1117 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



KSC103-MOC165-050800-

LEAVENWORTH KS-PLATTE MO-

1117 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEAVENWORTH AND PLATTE COUNTIES

UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 1059 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL BEARING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF

THE AREA...BUT MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN GENERALLY

NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 92...OR NORTH OF A SPRINGDALE KANSAS TO TRACY 

MISSOURI LINE SINCE 3 PM CDT SATURDAY.



RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLY SATURDAY WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BASEHOR

...BEAN LAKE...DEARBORN...EASTON KS...EDGERTON...FARLEY...JARBALO...

KCI AIRPORT...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...LINWOOD AND PARKVILLE.



LEAVENWORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED EXTREME FLASH FLOODING

OCCURING IN EASTON KANSAS.  PLATTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED

FLOODED STREETS IN PLATTE CITY.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN STRANGER CREEK FROM EASTON THROUGH TONGANOXIE TO 

ITS OUTLET INTO THE KANSAS RIVER.  FLOODING ALSO IS OCCURING ALONG DAWSON CREEK 

WEST OF EASTON.  FLOODWATERS ALSO ARE MOVING DOWN THE PLATTE RIVER AND WILL

IMPACT SHARP STATION AND PLATTE CITY.  BEE...SUGAR CREEK AND WELLSTON CREEKS

IN NORTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY. 



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.



LAT...LON 3952 9462 3916 9461 3920 9489 3912 9492

      3900 9491 3899 9503 3896 9510 3897 9517

      3941 9517 3942 9496 3953 9509



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