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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1151 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



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ATCHISON KS-

1151 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY

UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS 

OF 4 TO 6 INCHES JUST WEST OF THE AREA. THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER 

HAS REPORTED MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA FLOWING NEAR 

THREE QUARTERS FULL...WITH EXTENSIVE STANDING WATER OVER FIELDS IN 

WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY. AS MORE WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE 

WARNED AREA FROM THE NORTH AND WEST...FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY 

OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL ROADS NEAR SMALLER RIVERS AND 

STREAMS...WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



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.



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

      3955 9557 3956 9556 3965 9557 3966 9555

      3966 9539



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