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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

929 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 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

  ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT...SAINT JOSEPH COMMUNICATION REPORTED MANY OF THE 

CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE FILLING UP AND MANY OF THE LOW WATER 

CROSSING AREAS WERE UNDER WATER AS WELL. MANY LOCATIONS IN THESE 

AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN AND 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST WILL LEAD TO THE 

POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO INCH AND A HALF.



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

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



  BLACKSNAKE

  ROCK

  SQUAW

  WHITEHEAD

  INDEPENDENCE

  LITTLE TARKIO

  MUDDY  



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 4025 9546 4003 9530 3965 9529 3944 9552

          3945 9506 3955 9515 3957 9462 4012 9466

          4013 9505 4019 9509 4019 9513 4020 9514

          4020 9521



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