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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1139 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1132 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...        

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANHATTAN TO SAINT JOSEPH WILL CONTIUE TO MOVE  

  OVER THE SAME AREAS ALLOWING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR. RAINFALL

  COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES...AND THE THREAT

  OF FLASH FLOODING...ON THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS



  PLATTE RIVER

  JORDAN CREEK

  ROCK CREEK

   

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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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.



LAT...LON 3995 9527 3965 9528 3956 9552 3946 9552

          3947 9506 3952 9510 3958 9509 3958 9464

          3981 9463 3981 9488 3990 9494 3987 9511

          3990 9513 3991 9520



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