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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

855 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AND WEST 

  OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN  

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE WEST OF 

  THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL    

  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH   

  11 AM.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  EFFINGHAM AND MUSCOTAH. LOCATIONS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH        

  FLOODING WILL BE ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES TO THE        

  DELAWARE RIVER...SUCH AS GRASSHOPPER CREEK...NEGRO                 

  CREEK...STRAIGHT CREEK...AND ELK CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 3965 9536 3940 9535 3940 9556 3941 9557

      3955 9557 3956 9556 3965 9557 3966 9555

      3966 9539



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