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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1209 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PLATTE 

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR LEAVENWORTH 

COUNTY...



BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT...MUCH OF THE RAINFALL ACROSS LEAVENWORTH 

AND PLATTE COUNTIES HAD DIMINISHED.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED 

AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SPOTTY 

ACROSS LEAVENWORTH AND PLATTE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM...WITH  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH.  HOWEVER... 

ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS IS COMING OUT OF 

SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN AFTER 2 AM.



LEAVENWORTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT TONGANOXIE AND 

STRANGER CREEKS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS FROM TONGANOXIE 

DOWNSTREAM...AND NUMEROUS ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



LAT...LON 3950 9463 3920 9463 3921 9491 3902 9491

      3900 9514 3939 9517



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