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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

400 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-

400 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WESTERN WYANDOTTE AND SOUTHERN

LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 830 PM CDT...



AT 356 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED 

NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA...ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER 

THE AREA...AND FURTHER MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADS AROUND K32 

AND 121ST STREET CLOSED...WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG 

WEST MISSION CREEK AND SPRING CREEK. OFFICIALS WERE BEGINNING SAND 

BAGGING OPERATIONS ALONG SPRING CREEK IN SOUTHWEST WYANDOTTE COUNTY. 

NUMEROUS ROADS IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH 

COUNTIES WERE ALSO UNDER WATER.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH 

FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE... 

TONGANOXIE AND LINWOOD.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.



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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