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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

121 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008



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LEAVENWORTH KS-JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-LINN KS-BATES MO-CASS MO-

121 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINN...MIAMI AND JOHNSON

COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN

NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN CASS AND BATES COUNTIES IN WEST

CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO 

AREA...AFFECTING MAINLY CASS AND BATES COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WITH 

THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED TWO INCHES PER HOUR. RUNOFF FROM 

CURRENT...AND EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ALONG WITH POOR 

DRAINAGE...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...ADRIAN...BUTLER...DE SOTO...EDGERTON...GARDNER...

HARRISONVILLE...LA CYGNE...LENEXA...LOUISBURG...MOUND CITY...

OLATHE...OSAWATOMIE...PAOLA...PECULIAR AND PLEASANTON.



HIGH WATER ACROSS SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY HAS CAUSED THE CLOSURE 

OF HIGHWAY 40 TO THE SOUTH OF TONGANOXIE. IN ADDITION...LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS 

LINN COUNTY. IN ADDITION...OTHER ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY BEING AFFECTED 

BY HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY WHERE 

OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN OBSERVED.



MOST FLOOD RELATED 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 3804 9507 3897 9505 3898 9517 3914 9517

      3912 9491 3899 9491 3897 9462 3884 9462

      3848 9408 3806 9407 3806 9462 3803 9462



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