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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1204 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO...

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
  Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
  Johnson County in east central Kansas...
  Clay County in west central Missouri...
  Platte County in west central Missouri...
  Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 800 AM CDT Tuesday

* At 1201 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with very
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is already
  occurring, and will continue to worsen through the early morning
  hours. Water rescues are ongoing throughout the Kansas City area,
  and creeks and streams are rising rapidly.

This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for the Kansas City Metropolitan
Area. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee's Summit,
  Shawnee, Blue Springs, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Leawood, Raytown,
  Liberty, Gladstone, Grandview, Prairie Village, Gardner, Grain
  Valley, Lansing, Excelsior Springs and Merriam.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 29.
 Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423.
 Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 32.
 Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 202 and 235.
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 25.
 Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12.
 Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 83.
 Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 226.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3942 9518 3942 9497 3945 9499 3947 9460
      3945 9422 3945 9421 3921 9421 3921 9417
      3918 9419 3914 9410 3888 9412 3883 9427
      3885 9461 3874 9461 3874 9506 3898 9506
      3899 9508 3896 9509 3898 9516 3897 9519

$$

Laflin
