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WGUS73 KEAX 200350

FFSEAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1042 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



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ATCHISON KS-BUCHANAN MO-

1042 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ATCHISON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES

UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN OVER ATCHISON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES HAD DECREASED. HIGH 

WATER CLOSED FARRENS STREET IN SAINT JOSEPH EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...BUT WATER HAS RECEDED. CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO IMPROVED NEAR 

EASTON WHERE FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY COUNTRY SIDE R.V. PARK. 

DESPITE IMPROVING CONDITIONS...LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL 

RUNNING HIGH...AND FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF 

BUCHANAN AND ATCHISON COUNTIES.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR

IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3954 9462 3955 9509 3952 9510 3942 9497

      3942 9556 3964 9555 3965 9512 3962 9506

      3973 9496 3973 9487 3977 9493 3981 9488

      3981 9463



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