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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

725 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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ATCHISON MO-

725 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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

UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



AT 723 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED NORTH OF TARKIO ON HIGHWAY 59 AT 150TH STREET. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA ALREADY...AND ALTHOUGH NOT AS 

HEAVY...MORE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM. 



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...TARKIO AND ROCKPORT.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 4056 9533 4040 9521 4032 9554 4045 9562



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