

000 

WGUS53 KEAX 280544

FFWEAX

KSC091-209-281145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1244 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 1238 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT     

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS STILL PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED  

  AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...OLATHE...

  EDWARDSVILLE...GARDNER...KANSAS CITY KS...LAKE QUIVIRA...LEAWOOD...

  LENEXA...MERRIAM...MISSION...OVERLAND PARK...PRAIRIE VILLAGE AND

  ROELAND PARK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT I-635 AT I70 WAS STILL CLOSED DUE TO 

WATER OVER THE ROADS.  ADDITIONALLY...INDIAN CREEK IN OVERLAND PARK 

WAS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES 

THAT WAS ALREADY IN EFFECT.



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.



LAT...LON 3914 9465 3877 9462 3875 9504 3896 9490

      3917 9489



$$



LVQ

