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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

135 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



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JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-LINN KS-

135 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON...LINN AND MIAMI

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 133 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN CHANUTE 

AND FORT SCOTT. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL BRING A QUICK HALF INCH 

TO INCH OF RAIN TO THE BLUE MOUND AND MOUND CITY AREAS BETWEEN 2 AM 

AND 3 AM.



RAIN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH FELL OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

JOHNSON...MIAMI...AND LINN COUNTIES PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...SO THE SOIL 

OVER THESE COUNTIES HAS BECOME SATURATED. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

OCCURRED IN THE OLATHE AREA WHERE OLATHE JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE 

AIRPORT MEASURED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF 

TIME. 



ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BETWEEN 

2 AM AND 5 AM...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY BE SOUTH OF A 

LINE FROM BURLINGTON KANSAS TO BUTLER MISSOURI.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3903 9462 3803 9463 3803 9505 3897 9503

      3903 9487



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