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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

840 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 834 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  WATER BEGINNING TO FLOW ACROSS ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN 

  PORTION OF THE COUNTY ALONG AND SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE

  32. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH

  ISOLATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES SINCE 6 PM ARE

  OCCURING WITH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  BASEHOR...JARBALO...LANSING...RENO AND TONGANOXIE. STRANGER

  AND NINEMILE CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED BY FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3932 9492 3929 9490 3927 9485 3920 9481

      3919 9491 3900 9493 3901 9503 3897 9511

      3898 9519 3928 9518 3930 9502



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