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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

557 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2005



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LEAVENWORTH KS-

557 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM

CDT...



AT 445 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY. 

SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 330 AM AND 5 AM THIS MORNING 

IN THE CITIES OF EASTON AND LEAVENWORTH. STREETS WERE FLOODED AND 

WATER ENTERED HOMES AND BUSINESSES.



RAIN WILL COME TO AN END OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LEAVENWORTH 

COUNTY BY 630 AM...BUT FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO 

LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. STRANGER CREEK AND DAWSON CREEK 

NEAR EASTON ARE RUNNING HIGH. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED 

FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. TRAVEL AROUND LEAVENWORTH AND EASTON THIS 

MORNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.



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 3930 9491 3927 9484 3923 9484 3919 9491

      3915 9492 3903 9492 3900 9516 3940 9515

      3941 9517 3941 9496



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