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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1223 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 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 600 AM CDT



* AT 1221 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR 

  CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 130 AM



* 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 THROUGH MUCH OF 

THE OVERNIGHT...EVEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3948 9462 3946 9460 3945 9448 3885 9482

      3891 9506 3896 9507 3897 9519 3902 9520

      3942 9503 3942 9496 3945 9501 3954 9497



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