THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT WEDNESDAY * AT 527 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS CAUSED FLOODING. THREE TO AS MUCH AS SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH POSSIBLE. WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNED AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ST. JOSEPH...ATCHISON...CAMERON...SAVANNAH...HAMILTON...GOWER... WATHENA...ELWOOD...HIGHLAND...TROY...COUNTRY CLUB VILLA... COUNTRY CLUB...OREGON...STEWARTSVILLE...AGENCY...EFFINGHAM... OSBORN...KINGSTON...AMAZONIA AND RUSHVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
Flood Warning
FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 156 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2016 ...The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill Mo has issued a flood warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Atchison and Leavenworth Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flowing water. Nearly half of all flood fatalities are vehicle related. As little as 6 inches of water may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Two feet of water will carry most vehicles away.This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
