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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
238 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  WESTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
  FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS IN SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY ASSOCIATED
  WITH THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. PORTIONS OF 158TH STREET/COUNTY ROAD 2 BETWEEN BASEHOR AND
  LINWOOD ARE COVERED BY WATER...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AS
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...TONGANOXIE AND
  LINWOOD.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

A FLASH FLOODING 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3916 9471 3901 9485 3890 9505 3891 9507
      3896 9507 3895 9514 3897 9517 3905 9519
      3918 9504 3922 9483

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