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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

748 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR 

  OSAWATOMIE TO STANLEY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR BLUE SPRINGS. THESE 

  STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 1.2 INCHES OF 

  RAINFALL WAS REPORTED IN LEES SUMMIT BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID

  RISES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...KANSAS CITY...

PAOLA...OLATHE...RAYTOWN...RAYMORE...LEES SUMMIT...LAKE LOTAWANA...

INDEPENDENCE...GREENWOOD...GRANDVIEW...GRAIN VALLEY AND BUCKNER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



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.

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