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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

200 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-

200 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND PLATTE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA OF RAIN WERE GENERALLY ONE TO THREE 

INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO SLOW...HOWEVER 

IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE HIGH WATER COMPLETELY RECEDES. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY 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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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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