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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

630 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 623 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND RAINFALL RATES CAUSING 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE LOCALLY 

EXCEEDED TWO INCHES...WITH ANOTHER ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE 

IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...LAKE QUIVIRA...

  LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...

  SHAWNEE...SMITHVILLE...TONGANOXIE...WEATHERBY LAKE...WESTON...

  CAMDEN POINT...FERRELVIEW...LAKE WAUKOMIS...LINWOOD...PLATTE WOODS

  AND TRACY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3948 9462 3946 9460 3945 9448 3885 9482

      3891 9507 3896 9507 3897 9519 3902 9520

      3942 9503 3942 9496 3945 9501 3954 9497



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