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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

734 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 730 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 3 MILES SOUTH OF 

  TONGANOXIE ON HIGHWAY 24 WHERE WATER WAS MAKING THE ROAD 

  IMPASSABLE. SEVERAL CARS WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WITH THE STORMS. 

  THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE 

  EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



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.



LAT...LON 3919 9491 3901 9491 3897 9518 3915 9518



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MJ

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