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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

238 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  WESTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 234 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER     

  FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS IN SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY ASSOCIATED    

  WITH THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED      

  AREA. PORTIONS OF 158TH STREET/COUNTY ROAD 2 BETWEEN BASEHOR AND   

  LINWOOD ARE COVERED BY WATER...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AS        

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...TONGANOXIE AND

  LINWOOD.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3916 9471 3901 9485 3890 9505 3891 9507

      3896 9507 3895 9514 3897 9517 3905 9519

      3918 9504 3922 9483



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