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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1246 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1243 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...BLUE

  SPRINGS...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...

  GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...INDEPENDENCE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY

  KANSAS...KEARNEY...LAWSON...LEAWOOD...LEES SUMMIT...LENEXA...

  LIBERTY...MERRIAM...MISSION...MISSION HILLS...NORTH KANSAS CITY...

  OVERLAND PARK...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...RAYTOWN...RIVERSIDE...SHAWNEE...

  SUGAR CREEK...WESTWOOD...AVONDALE...COUNTRYSIDE AND CRYSTAL LAKES.



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.



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.



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 3947 9393 3886 9440 3883 9484 3917 9466

      3916 9461 3924 9462 3946 9450



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